Thiel Owners

Thank You - ronkentfor speaking about your demo with the Magico system. I have often spoke about rising to that kind of level (Magico, Verity Audio or Joseph Audio Pearl)to possibly better the CS 3.7 loudspeaker. And yes, that is the $20-30K neighborhood for speakers alone. Good to read that you enjoyed yourself.Do you recall the cabling used?Happy Listening!

Hi Guys, As Beetle mentioned, I have a system for identifying cabinet misbehavior that permits real-time experimentation and amelioration. I use Chladni Patterns in my acoustic guitar design, I love the method, and will summarize here as applied to enclosures. On each panel in sequence, sprinkle glitter (etc), drive the cabinet with variable sine wave, stop when glitter bounces. The physical resonance patterns are mapped via glitter bouncing off the moving anti-nodal areas and accumulating in the still nodes. A seismic map! Take a photo. Increase signal frequency and repeat. Do all the panels.
One neat part is that correlations are easy to make on all panels, allowing a 3-D visualization and suggesting direct intervention strategies. This method is low-tech and enormously informative.
I have identified some modes on my CS2 2s, which are easily addressed. We can quiet down all the cabinets.

On other fronts, good progress is being made. Parts are on order for Beetle's 2.4SEs and my PowerPoint 1.2s. 

I recently purchased a pair of CS 2.7 that I am running with a peachtree nova 300 and accessing Tidal as a source. I found the highs a little bright and the lows so so.

I've not heard this amp but class D amps are reported to be generally less musical (albeit gobs of power for a low price). You might try a solid state design from ARC, Ayre, Classe', or Pass (among others). In the meantime, make sure your placement and room are optimized. Jim Smith's "Get Better Sound" is a good place to start without spending a bunch of money.

@jafant  greetings,  i am not sure of the cables but i know he likes Clarus.   the Magico guy was there to make sure it was done right.  they are probably the most accurate speaker i have ever heard,  but again, they are in another price league from used 3.7's (mine came from Rob G).  i think at this level,  i could be happy for many a year, and i have used Thiel exclusively since 1985.   thanks for starting this thread way back. 

My pleasure - ronkent.I have only been in the Thiel game since 2012 (and what a sweet year it was indeed!). It is contributors like you, having been in the field since 1985 or longer, that ,makes this thread live and breathe. I think that we can all relate about having this musical love affair since our teens. Add to this fact all of the wonderful gear to make our speakers jump and shout.
Last, but certainly not in the least, we have been graced with the presence of Mr. Tom Thiel and Mr. Rob Gillum to ensure the Thiel bloodline stays stronger than ever.
"Music is my Mistress" -Duke Ellington
Happy Listening!