Thiel Owners

jthifi - don't you love it when he talks that way?I am referring to a Stasis design, and not the original A series. Stasis was the dynamic bias which has morphed and grown throughout Nelson's career.
unsound - I now may remember that we used a 400e at Thiel, but it's all a little fuzzy around the edges. Nonetheless, Pass is an extraordinary designer and any piece of his historical progress seems valid to me.

coincident driver takes the compromise out of nearfield listening.

When I have the house to myself for the evening, I pull the coffee table out and sit on a wooden low back chair in front of my couch. I am unable to hear deleterious effects from the coffee table (ie, reflections) but this chair puts my ears probably 3-4” lower and, maybe, 7’ from the speakers. I get great sound from my “normal” position (ears an inch or two below tweeter axis and 8.5-9’ away) but this “nearfield” position is intoxicatingly immediate and engaging. From trials bringing the couch away from the rear wall and closer to the speakers, I think the lower position is more responsible for improved SQ but being closer seems to help, also.

 

 

I believe that what is causing the page to stretch horizontally, at least when viewed in Firefox, is the long URL in Unsound’s post dated 4-3-2019 at 12:32 p.m. EDT.

Yes, the problem seems to be the ebay link in that post and it shows in Firefox but not Safari.

ronkent

my page is stretched as well. Not sure why this occurred?

Happy Listening!

almarg

Welcome! Thank You for the hot tip on URL.  Happy Listening!

jthifi

I can vouch for a Threshold T-400 amp. I heard this amp with a Pass Labs XP-10 preamp several years ago- excellent solid state combo for little money.  These are classic designs that still hold up in 2019.
Happy Listening!