Thiel Owners

tomthiel, did these waveguides mitigate lobing issues?

No. Lobing is inherent in first order filter slopes; it has to do with additive phase physics. If one tried to massage or average the lobed output, it would adversely affect the power response. However, the sloped baffle (rather than discrete steps with on-axis drivers) serves quite well to manage the lobing: the 15° down-lobe launches toward the listener, making a larger vertical window than would otherwise be the case. The combined launch waves from all the drivers blend quite well at 10' listening distance. Closer requires more careful setup.

Anyone heard the Ayre KX-R + MX-R Twenty on CS 3.7s ?I'm looking for end game pre-power combo for my 3.7s with 50K budget.

Good to see you - thieliste
How is your pre/power amp search? Hope you are well and enjoying Summer.
Happy Listening!

Hi jafant, well still searching as you can see, i spoke with a distributor that told me Dartzeel and Ypsilon will not have enough juice in the bass region do drive my 3.7s.He suggested me strong class A amps or SOTA class AB doubling down to 2 ohms.So here am i looking at the Ayre pre-power.Were you able to demo some amps for you 2.4SE's lately ?