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!
