Thiel 3.6's vs. Vandersteen 3 sigs

As an owner of both CS6s and 2Ce Sigs, I can say that I am very fond of both Thiel and Vandersteen and can't imagine ever owning other brands from here on. Both manufacturers offer something quite different tonally, BUT they also both provide what few others can in the area of timbral accuracy from a time coherence standpoint. For me that's a gotta have. I tried to veer away from Thiel in favor of Dynaudio years ago and had to return to Thiel simply because I missed what these speakers do.

And for a lower-powered tube based system (Rogue Cronus or CJ CAV50) in a smaller room, the 2Ces rule.

Poor high-end response in Vandersteens? No way.

What Vandersteens are: some the best values and executions in speaker design and manufacture, ever.

Vandersteen uses some of the highest quality components in even his lower line of speakers that are available. I know, I've taken them apart.
Opinions like pepperdog just shows his biased ignorance.
BTW, Vandersteen's are some of the more accurate speakers available. They are easily in Theil's class for a lot less money and sound more musical to boot.

Getting lectured about Sophistication from a guy named Pepperdog........priceless.

If you can find an old copy of the Audio Perfectionist Journal, Richard Hardesty does an excellent comparison between Theil and Vandersteen.
I think price wise, a better comparison would be between the Theil's and the Quatro's.
I owned 3a sigs for a long time. The Quatro is a better speaker top to bottom. The 3a Sig is an excellent speaker but with the built in subs of the Quatro, the integration is better.
Theil's are good speakers but you must pay close attention to what components you use with them. Vandersteen's are more forgiving although the Quatro gets bright with the wrong electronics.

No Chad that's not quite correct. It's "sophoisticated" listeners. See the quote from his post:

>>they are made with cheap components and designed for the average music listener, not the sophoisticated one.<<

You'll have to admit, that pooperdog has a point here. We all cannot be as sophoisticated as he.