Thiel Owners

I continue to be happy with and amazed by the dispersion characteristics of my 2.7s.  Having been playing them for several guests, all of us seated along the listening sofa, the tonality remains so consistent from seat to seat, and they still manage to image for everyone.

They also sound particularly good from outside the listening room in my hallway.  My speakers face the front of the house, and when outside that room down the hall, that puts you with the speakers both in another room and facing away from you.   My Spendor speakers and my old Thiel 02s are more directional, so they sound more dulled from behind the speakers or outside the room.  Especially the Spendor speakers sound more like "speakers" in hearing more of the back-radiated sound/port.

With the 2.7s they continue to sound so open tonally you'd still think they were facing you.  They sound outside the room like they do inside the room - the same sense of "no speaker there, just the sound occurring in the space."  It's quite fascinating actually.

prof,

Agree!  
My 3.5s didn't project this way.  The 27s and SS2.2 sub have made me a very happy camper. 

George

Updated my virtual systems page...


Picked up the 2.4’s from seller in NYC.  It was a typical mid-August summer afternoon in the city, about 94 degrees with oppressive humidity. 3rd floor walk-up, tight stairwell, 5 landings and about 100 stairs. (At least it felt that way.)



Original owner, all paperwork, manual, floor spikes, AND a spare midrange/tweeter driver!  That wasn’t mentioned in his eBay listing.  Very cool beans. 


Did my bestest 62 year old he-man imitation and picked those 70 pound cabinets up by myself, taking a break on every other landing to catch my breath and wipe the sweat from my brow.  Total travel time, payment, removal, and set up in me house?  Four hours. 


(I once sold off a pair of CS3.5’s because I found them to be “too heavy” to futz around with. Umm, these 2.4’s weigh EXACTLY the same.)  But the slightly taller cabinets make futzing just a touch simpler. 


So here I am, back with another excellent pair of Thiel loudspeakers once again - this time for keeps. I ain’t kidding.  

oblgny

Good to see you back in a pair of Thiel Audio loudspeakers, CS 2.4 model, no less. I hope to schedule a Transparent demo in the Fall. I really want to hear the Gen5 offerings. The MM and MM2 series are still very fine and viable. 
Keep me posted as you massage the CS 2.4 into your room/system.

Happy Listening!