Thiel Owners

tomthiel,

I remembered your previous comments on Morrow cables and was checking out their SP5 speaker cables a couple days ago. Most of the reviews focused on mid and high frequency performance, and there was little mention of bass performance. What's your view of how the Morrow speaker wire handles the low end? Is the SP5 high enough in the Morrow hierarchy to get really good performance or do you need to go to SP6 or higher to achieve sonic satisfaction?

I know that Morrow has frequent sales, but right now they have 50% off on the 5 series cables or higher, which sounds like an especially good deal.

A guy has these amps he used to drive apogee
scintillas with for sale. custom made by Lazarus whatever company that was. Thinking I might hop on those. Two whopping transformers.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGljOTujkfq/?igshid=19gs0wszy57rg 

Did this so you guys can see the amps

@thoft, I remember Stereophile giving something of a mixed review of a Lazurus hybrid preamp in the mid 90’s.

http://www.incarock.com/preamps/lpa.htm

You’re much more trusting, and willing risk taker than I am.

If you’re really looking for an amp to drive the 3.7’s for less than $10K, why not use the main one that Jim Thiel used when developing the 3.7’s: Krell FPB 600 ? You can find one used and have Krell rebuild it for about less than that. If you’ve got a smaller room or budget, you can go with a less powerful version.

https://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/829/index.html