Thiel Owners

@Unsound

While I apologize for the confusion, I didn’t think I needed to make a caveat when the OP clearly established the boundaries of the conversation in the thread you posted as being about the Thiel CS2, which was reviewed at least as early as 1985:

https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/1085thiel/index.html

and the Vandersteen 2c which was reviewed at least by 1989:

https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/914/index.html

If you wanted to know if I meant to review all Vandersteen and all Thiel speakers forever, then you should have asked the question as such and I would have said "no, no I do not."

If you wish to hold me to an editorial standard of writing complete monologues each time I post on this hobby site then we can discuss an appropriate salary.



Best,

E

When the freakin pandemic is over, y’all who visit Seattle can hear some 2.3 that are lovely

And Vandy 7’s and the matching amplifiers, yes I know how spoiled ( blessed I am )

tomic601

Precisely- articulate and musical (timbre) are the exact characteristics that sold me on the CS 2.4 vs. Vandy 3A signature in the same room, same gear.  To date, I have not heard the 5A/5A carbon(signature).
I did hear the Quattro and Treo and these two models do not better CS 2.4 through CS 3.7 to my ears. Model Seven is unreal and could very well  be the absolute sound (custom room must accompany these loudspeakers). Hifi Buys Atlanta has such a room.

Happy Listening!

On pistonic for less...$$$$$ that is indeed the quest - part of the current issue is affordable core material ( air is free, balsa is not ) CF skins in prepreg, machining, autoclave time and then integrating it all into a top notch basket/magnet/motor and pole piece assy - aka Scanspeak ....

but remarkable that it is less than $750k paper midrange...

fun, something to do....