Thiel Owners

Hello all!

Today, I received the latest addition to my system, an Audio Research PH-3 phono pre-amp. The reason I’m bringing this up is that, ever since I got my Thiel 3.5’s this past November, my system has evolved a lot, all in an effort to extract as much performance & pleasure as I can from my Thiels. Since November, I have acquired:

-  ARC LS-7 tubed line-stage
-  ARC D240 MkII solid-state amp
-  ARC PH-3 tubed phono pre-amp
-  Wilson Benesch Full Circle turntable (awaiting delivery)
-  MIT AVT-3 speaker cables (picking-up tomorrow)
-  Bluesound Vault 2 streamer/NAS/player (being installed next week)

My interconnects remain AudioQuest Golden Gates & Cobras. And, still held onto my Denon 2900 SACD/DVD player. 

Point being...these Thiels have driven me to devious behaviors! I think I will be pretty happy for a while now, but I’m still looking for another D240 MkII so I can run them bridged as mono blocks. All to feed those Thiels all that much better...

Here’s hoping I don’t end up needing an intervention! 

Enjoy the music everyone...

Arvin

@arvincastro  Nice system! I imagine you're very happy with your sound. I would own ARC if Ayre was not a thing. Enjoy!

Happy Friday - ALL.

I believe I’ve finally made my decision after torturing myself between the Thiel 2.7s and the 3.7s for many months now.

I’m going to sell my Thiel 3.7s!

The 2.7s are good enough to keep blowing me away when I listen to them. I’ve had them up for a long time now, long enough to "wean" me off the 3.7s. If I put the 3.7s back in my system to check again I’ll just hear what they can do better, so why bother?

I have the 2.7 position tweaked to where they are ridiculously vivid, alive and dynamic. It’s just freaky how they conjure palpably "there" musicians into my listening room,  track after track. And with the introduction of my first truly high end turntable - a Transrotor Fat Bob, Benz Micro Ebony L cartridge and JE Audio phono stage, the system sounds more spacious than ever.

The 3.7s will probably be the best all around speaker I’ve had, but I have to be realistic; while they work perfectly in terms of sonic performance for my room - still the most even sounding speaker I’ve heard - they are too big ergonomically and block too much of the entrance to the room. And I’m not going to shuffle them in and out for listening as I originally imagined I might. Even if I kept both the 3.7s and the 2.7s I don’t feel like hauling speakers around - at least not ones as big as the 3.7s. The 2.7s can stay right where they are and they look great, without impeding the entrance-way like the 3.7s.

If, like most sane people, I could just have set up the 3.7s and left them there I’d have looked no further for another speaker.  I'll sometimes miss the scale of the 3.7s for sure.  But...the 2.7s are pretty great too!