Thiel Owners

I have read about these updated Ohm Walsh bending wave drivers before. Noticed their internal acoustic panels use a polymer sheet that incorporates steel shot..I would rather mix the shot into the cement and have the cement seal the wooden pores.

Heads up:  There's a

Conrad Johnson Premier 350SA

For sale on Audiogon right now.  Highly valued classic that rarely comes up and I'm not sure if it's in this thread or others, people have raved about the pair of Thiels with that amp.

Happy Friday! All

Happy Weekend Jfant!  I have to share something that I've wanted to share for a while now.  Every time I listen to my Vandersteen Quatro's, I'm reminded of the CS 2's from the early 80's.  I find it so interesting that Richard Vandersteen and Jim Thiel both produced a bass EQ (first of Jim's designs) as well as phase and time correct speakers.  They each had a different sounding high end, but both are the most coherent speakers going (the original Thiel's).  If Jim was still alive as Richard is, he too would have come up with his version of the 'pistonic' moving drivers just like RV.  

To me, these are the two greatest speaker designers as it's impossibly to say that a time and phase coherent speaker isn't the most correct way to reproduce the sounds that we call music.  That's basic physics.  Even AJ Conte (of Basis Audio, RIP) loved these two brands for how they achieve their great sound.

Just wanted to share some random thoughts.  thanks folks.

ctsooner

Good to see here again. Thank You for sharing your thoughts.
Reading through this thread, I talked about how close the Vandy 3A Signature trailed a Thiel CS 2.4 loudspeaker. The CS 2.4 wins because of its inherent rich timbre. Moreover, I found the CS 2.4SE a measure richer which is unbelievable in presentation. 

What gear is in your system now?

Happy Listening!