Thiel Owners

prof, 

I'd put the 2.7s into  that category, also. At their price point I haven't heard anything better. 

Hi prof,

Are you sure you have done all you can with speaker position/listening position/acoustics to dial in your speakers before chasing other solutions?

You are asking a fair question. I have added bass traps across the front wall ceiling and down the front wall corners; and have added absorption panels on one side wall where one speaker has to be set within three feet of that side wall. At that time, I also tried to dial in speaker placement.

However, I have not revisited speaker placement and room acoustics since I acquired my latest transport and DAC.

My problem is that my equipment upgrades since I acquired the CS5's have all been noticeable improvements so I keep wondering what I am "obviously" missing in that regard.

Or put another way, perhaps I have lost sight of the room/placement variables. 

And I have not yet set up my turntable since acquiring the Thiels...

Thanks for the advice!

Dsper

dsper,
Seems you are way ahead of me on this.  I hope you get things going your way.
I had the CS6s way back which were very much like the 7s and I actually found them to be very smooth.  Though driving them with Conrad Johnson tube amps helped :-)

dsper

How much of a DYIer are you ?
Would you consider replacing and upgrading the componets in your
amp?  If so try replacing the rectifiers with fast and soft recovery ones .
Since the 500 is an older amp it might have fast recovery but not soft ,
I was suprised at the difference they made for around $7 each x 4 .

Rob