Thiel Owners
"I highly recommend very short runs of speaker cable. " FWIW: I've been using 25 foot long Belden speaker cable (10awg). Nothing fancy or special, but the 3.7s still sound better than just about anything I've heard anywhere near their price. (Including my friend's system that uses tens of thousands of dollars worth of Nordost etc). |
Tom, I used the Belden 5000 series Cable, 10-guage, from Blue Jeans cables: https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/index.htm Though I've been a high-end audio nut much of my life, I'm not big on spending money for high end boutique cables, which makes me a bit unusual I guess in forums like these. (Even though through my friends and contacts I have access to, and have listened to, some of the the most expensive cables in the world from Nordost and many others). I like Blue Jeans cable because they are a no b.s. company, you can find measurement specs for the cable, etc. I located my source equipment down the hall from my listening room so I had to run speaker cables under the floor to my speakers - about a 25 foot run or so. The Blue-Jeans cables have excellent specs for long runs and I went with 10-guage, which is probably over-kill. But what the heck. As I said: I've heard some speakers I own with with these cables, and with the highest end Nordost, and...well...even for a super picky listener like me I'm happy where I spent my money :-) As I've written about earlier in the thread I have to sell my 3.7s because they are just big enough to impede traffic flow in and out of my listening room. Despite auditioning the newest-thing speakers out there, the 3.7s have been sooooo hard to replace because they just seem to effortlessly "do it all." |
Prof, obviously you need a bigger room. Build to golden proportions at about 12'3 high x 20' x 32' with "vents" near the corners (windows or doors work) and you'll have a room like Thiel's listening / optimization room and you can keep your 3.7s and join the upgrade brigade for even more musical satisfaction. What's a second mortgage compared to such bliss? |
Prof, . . . you can keep your 3.7s and join the upgrade brigade for even more musical satisfaction.@prof Tom Thiel is learning much about the late model Thiel crossovers as well as how to improve parts quality for all the models he is now working on. You might hold onto those CS3.7s another year or so and try his upgrade when it becomes available. |
