Thiel Owners

I started my Thiel experience with a pair of 3.5s - - the only infinite baffle floor-standing speakers Thiel put on the market. I called Thiel, and somehow ended up in a conversation with Jim Thiel. Our conversations lasted over a few years, with our last conversation being about the amplifiers  to drive the current line. He said that there was no substitute for clean power at both ends, viz., at the several watt level and the hundreds of watts level. He steered me to Bryston. I now have a pair of 2.7s and a SS2 subwoofer connected via a PX02 crossover. A Bryston 4bsst2 amplifier provides the watts. It took some time to find the best speaker placements, but now I'm a Happy Camper. The 

Welcome! brayeagleyou will find the 3.5 model very popular here. I will second the Bryston 4B-SST/SST2 power amp. This combo is a very fine match. I want to demo the new 4B3 (cubed) for a comparison.  I look forward in reading more about you and your Audio journey.
Happy Listening!

Hi jafant,
I became an audiophile before WWII, listening to Victor Red Seal 78s on my parents console using cactus needles. After WWII, I began building and assembling a series of systems, including using the Thiele Small parameters to construct my speaker cabinets. I transitioned from Heathkits to Scott, then quit assembling the components when I got hooked on Macintosh.  I went from 78s to 45s to LPs, to reel-to-reel tape and finally to CDs.
I switched from tubes to solid state when the supply of KT88s became iffy in both quality and quantity. I'm a classical music nut, with more CDs than common sense. My current CD player is a Bryston BCD-3. My children and grandchildren are wondering why I don't switch to streaming - - but that's another story. 

Say it ain't so, corvette! I get the reason, but to me, those Les Paul speakers are a work of art.  Must be hard to see them go..

As for mine, I've been playing with speaker placement over the past few weeks, and (for now) have determined that I prefer them on the long wall of my listening room.  The room is roughly 15 1/2 x 20, and initially I had them on the short wall spread 8' apart with about 2 1/2' from the rear wall and 3 1/2' from the sides.  On the long wall, I keep them 8 1/2' apart. 3' from the rear and 5 1/2' from the sides.  My listening position is also moved back, from around 9' to closer to 10'. 

I've found that the soundstage and imaging have both dramatically improved by this setup.  I was concerned about rear wall reflection now that my listening position is up against a wall, so I purchased a combo absorber/diffuser panel to hang behind me.  I haven't suffered any high frequency fatigue or noticed any timing issues since I hung the panel, so I guess it's working.

You have quite a few years of Audio experience - brayeagle.It must be exciting to have witnessed all of those changes over time.I am a CD/SACD guy myself. The Bryston BCD3 is a very fine spinner.I would not mind having a BCD1, but, the company did not stock pile replacement transports/other critical parts for repair?
Happy Listening!