Thiel Owners

Tom

Plugging the pass thru holes for the speaker wires solved the mystery
of why when I turned up the volume the mid and upper range frequencies became overpowering .
The magic has  returned .
I was focusing and blaiming the sound unbalance on the increase in wire gauge , my electronics backround blinded me I guess .
Using your recommendation I'm still going to reduce the tweeter 
wire gauge to 17.5 for a  listen , 
I can always go back to 15.5 .
While it can be frustrating and not always fun ,
the end results have been worth it .

I can honestly say that working on an amp in much more 
straight forward than on a speaker .

Rob

  

Rob - I will be most interested in your 15.5 to 17.5 gauge comparison.

I'd guess the overpowering sound was due to distortion when the drivers were pushed outside their normal range.  It's an interesting problem to have.  I've found it's distortion that hurts the ears.  I can crank my ATCs up really high but because they're made to play very loudly without distortion it doesn't create the discomfort just about any other speaker would.  115db continuous is loud!

http://atcloudspeakers.co.uk/professional/loudspeakers/scm110asl-pro/

jon_5912

When I read your post from 2018 you had 3.7s that blew a coaxial
speaker , supposedly because of the cable pass thru not being sealed .
Thanks to your post it would have been awhile before I sealed the 
speaker cable pass thru solving the problem . 
Lazyness caused my problem .
Distortion was not heard at lower levels until reaching my normal 
listening levels and really was bad if I tried to go higher .
Luckily I almost never turn up the volume more than 2 notches 
beyond my normal so no damage was done .
I would encourage any Thiel owner to post any problems 
so we can all be aware and listen for possible issues before a speaker is damaged.

As jafant would say 
Happy Friday 

Rob

Tom
 Will do ,
delivery is expected Monday ,  I hope to know something by Tuesday or Wednesday .
Can you tell me what the black rubberized coating is ,
it looks like it was painted on and is around the edges where the 
bracing attaches to the walls and was used to seal up the 
openings where the speaker wires came thru .
Rob