Thiel Owners

jon_5912,

As I think I detailed somewhere in this thread, I didn't have the luck I hoped using the speaker level inputs on JL Audio Subwoofers for my Thiel 2.7s.  It seemed to such a bit of life out of the dynamics, transients, and also darkened the overall tone too much.

I tried the RCA inputs (running from my CJ pre-amp) and that sounded a bit better dynamically, but still darkened the tone too much.   My CJ preamp probably isn't the best for driving the long runs (30 to 40 ft) cables I had to use.  So I have the JL Audio active crossover now which I'll be setting up soon (hopefully).  That in theory should work better, and it will be the first time I'm actually splitting the signal to the Thiels, probably between 60 - 80 Hz - instead of running them full range.

Fingers crossed.

prof, you need to listen to just your sub without the speakers playing.  Use the online tone generator to see if the sub is producing sound at midrange frequencies.  If it is, something is probably wrong with it or the setup.  In my opinion it's illogical to fuss around with sub setup and dissatisfaction with the sound without measuring the room.  If you've got a big hump somewhere that could be your problem.  I recently got my old Behringer ultracurve out, hooked it up to the sub and measured the room.  The room had some big bumps in the deep bass that definitely made it sound thick and slow in certain spots.  I cut the two bump frequencies by 3 and 4 db and it sounds great now.  I didn't come anywhere near equalizing it completely flat but I cut enough to get rid of the overloaded room sound.  In the past I eq'd my system completely flat using huge cuts and it doesn't sound right.  A little bit of moderate eq can be a definite improvement, though.


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A very interesting combination - corvette01

good to read that your new sub integrates well w/ the CS 3.7 loudspeakers.
Keep us posted as you massage the SuperSub into your system/room.

Happy Listening!

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