Thiel Owners

Funny you mention Magico, I'm going to be checking out the Magico A3 speakers soon.

I tried hooking up my JL subs in the REL fashion (they allow for that type of set up) and didn't have great success - the sound got tonally darker and less dynamic for whatever reason. So I went whole hog and bought a high end JL crossover to "do subs right" and split the signal between the mains and the sub (as all the subwoofer aficionados will tell you).  

But it's such a friggin' hassle I can't get around to doing it.

hi Prof,   REL takes a totally different approach to subs than JL.   I am no  expert and am not very technically literate,  but one of my takeaways today was that REL  does not like the outboard crossovers that do what the JL does.  they want the speaker to receive the full range of signal and for the amp to send a full signal to the sub.  i agree with Jafant,  that the REL is not that hard to set up. 

Prof:  boy will i be interested in your take on the Magicos.  They are so well built and i am going tomorrow to the same place and hear a demo by the Magico guy.  They sure seem very free of any coloration's based on my very short listening time.