Thiel Owners

tomthiel

Thank You for another Thiel Audio history lesson. Hope you are well this early Summer day.

Happy Listening!

yesterday's HiFi Chats via YouTube featured Dave Gordon of ARC.

Fast forward to around 30:15 where Dave said "not all USB cables sound the same".  I am sure a lot of people will have issues with that :-)

I can promise you that to MY ears there are differences for sure.  The deal with all digital is that it's so room/house dependent. That's mostly for power cords and conditioners and grounding.  Ethernet and USB do make a noticeable difference to me though.

Dave is a great guy and really knows his stuff.  He's fascinating to talk to.

As I understand it; a speaker might be phase correct but not time correct, where as a time correct speaker will be phase correct.

Hi @unsound,

All multi-way speakers employ crossovers, and the phase must align correctly or there will be frequency response anomalies and lobing effects.

What I suggest you do is look at the Stereophile reviews for Thiel and Vandersteen speakers and compare them to say Monitor Audio or Wilson. your answer is there.