Thiel Owners

The Apogee Stage is a formidable speaker - very musical 2 way. I have 2.3 also, and ESL63, the list goes on.... well it definitely stops well before Cerwin Vega often with the plastic $4 bullet tweeter...

C-Vega “ Strong Like Bull, Smart Like Tractor “

tomic601

Laughing...I had forgotten about the Bullet Tweeter.

Happy Listening!

I had never had a chance to listen to theil speakers before saving a pristine pair of 2.0 from going into a dumpster. A relative of an audiophile friend suddenly went to assisted living and an apartment had to emptied quickly.  Nobody wanted them so lucky me. I put them in my main system which entails a PS Audio direct stream dac , bhk pre, bhk 250 amp, with synergistic research atmosphere cabling. The theil’s replaced my Merlin vsm’s black magic edition.  WOW was I impressed. Large soundstage, sweet highs, solid midrange and a nice tight bass for a speaker of its vintage. I enjoyed a week of listening including a live broadcast of Beethovens 9th on period instruments from Carnegie hall that was especially memorable.  Lots of jazz,some Dead it was all good. They will not be replacing the Merlins but they will be the foundation for a great starter system for my son when he finishes graduate school. I’m thinking of looking around for a pair of 2.4’s to play around with. Thanks for the thread.

mobilesax -- I've heard Merlin VSMs at a few audio shows and at one store, but not in my own room vs whatever speakers I've owned at the time.  I've had the utmost respect for his creating a solid design and then constantly refining it year after year to as fine as it could possibly be.  That a pair of vintage Thiels of unknown condition one step away from the dumpster could so impress you says a lot about both the Merlins and Thiels, and certainly your electronics are 'adequate'!  

More to the point, if you do score a pair of 2.4s, a thorough listening contrast would be appreciated, if only by me, because those two speakers were on my short list a 15 years ago.  I didn't get the Merlins, so I'm still not entirely sure what I'm missing, though I can't complain about my 2.4s.