Thiel Owners

Tom, very interesting! Could you describe more about your gears to run cs 2 2s and 1.5s? And how to position them (distance against walls and each other)? Thank you^_^!  I always think about two identical  pairs for back-to-back and not know it's ok with different models. If I use 7.2 and 3.7s, will they match each other?

thielrules, No, I’ve always preferred the 3.5’s. You might be thinking of “oblgny”.

Yes, it was I who preferred the 3.5 over the 3.6 for a number of quite personal reasons. (Ain’t they all?)

Like most folks would logically assume, moving up the Thiel line means mo’ better everything, correct?
While there was absolutely nothing to fault the 3.6’s for, the sonic difference between the two was, to my ears, REMARKABLY different.  Only when I played my music at higher volume than I normally do did the 3.6 strut it’s “Thieliness”. 

And many of us here know already how much I love the Thiel sonics.  Too bright?  My butt!

While I am not qualified to offer an opinion based on the technical specifications differentiating the two, my humble ears preferred the 3.5’s - everything was just THERE immediately at modest level, while the 3.6 only started to shine at a higher listening level. 

Which is no knock on the sonics of the 3.6.  I got mine for $1600 shipped from Chicago - which is a truly “stupid” price to pay for speakers of Thiel quality.  

The duration and number of posts in this thread alone is pretty damn amazing.  It’s by far and away one the most civil and informational threads on the site. 

Hello everybody, I live in Italy and own a pair of CS3.5. When I read that Mr. Gillum was repairing Thiel speakers, I shipped the CS3.5 bass equalizer for him to restore.
He finally received it last May, 5th and by mail told me it would take a couple of days to check it. Not receiving any reply within a reasonable time I decided to email back two days ago with no luck. So I called many times during normal working hrs in KY and again only answering machine. So today I sent a email to Mr. Tom Thiel, Thiel's former co-founder and to this forum.
Maybe Mr Gillum is just very busy, and I truly hope so, that he is unable to reply and still had no time to get back with me, or he lost my email, but if somebody can tell me how to contact him I would appreciate.
Thank you
Dino