Thiel Owners

harry - big southern mansions have their charms. After my time at Thiel Audio I did some installation consulting work which included Bluegrass Horse Farm Manor Houses. The sonic potential of those rooms in those dwellings is a wonder to behold. 1982 would have been the development of the CS3, which was our game-changing breakthrough product. I suspect that Larry Staples (hello Larry) arranged that listening session. Sounds like a focusing experience for you.

@holco Please note that neither Tom or myself have conducted our own resistor listening comparisons. The Mundorf was on the short list but the Mills rose to the top of the list based on engineering, subjective opinions, and price. If cost were not a factor, I would try Path Audio re$i$tor$. The Mills are a really good and cost effective upgrade over the OEM sandcast resistors. Is it possible the Mundorfs sound better still? Could be but I am very comfortable with the choice of Mills.

There are endless combinations of parts that could be applied in a crossover upgrade and even a full time designer could not have time to listen to them all. Tom has given very careful consideration to the possibilities based on his own extensive knowledge as well as opinions of others with broad experience. Tom only has time for a subset of sonic comparisons. I will compare the sound with and without Multicap bypasses on the coax feed caps. I might also compare foil and wire coils. But I trust that Tom has made good choices, just as I trusted those of Jim Thiel.

Thanks for the input guys, much appreciated!!

 I might also compare foil and wire coils.

Hi beetlemania,

In my experience, wire coils sound slightly more lively and forward vs. foil coils.  Foil coils sound a bit warmer and slightly over-damped on the bass.

Everything considered, I may actually prefer wire coils.  But I think ultimately it will be implementation and system dependent.  Certain system may sound best with wire coils, but others may sound best with foil coils.

tomthiel
Thank You for addressing the wire query.  Happy Listening!