Something about Thiel CS 3.7
Thiel 3.7’s great speakers, when driven to get their best. Very low impedance, need an amp that does current real well as Stereophile says. " mandating use of an amplifier that has no problem delivering high currents". But my god are they ugly as sin, remind me of Daleks in Dr Who. https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2016/04/106185.jpg?quality=90&resize=... Cheers George |
Look at my Virtual System photos to see a 3.7 in a small room. It sounds perfect but I had to use DSP via Convolution files and also acoustic panels. Well worth the effort for me. I even replaced both COAX drivers with and new ones. The bass drivers were recently replaced by the prior owner. Very easy to do this and this was the first time I ever did anything like that. So I feel like I have a brand new speaker. A former Thiel service tech has all the old Thiel parts and is an amazing help in getting the Thiels to work perfectly. |
I am testing the CS3.7 at the moment with the following 3 amps. 1) Krell K-300i integrated + Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC 2) Benchmark DAC3B | HPA4 | 2 x AHB2 3) CODA CSiB + Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC One of the Krell or CODA will sadly depart (I think). The Benchmark stack is not going anywhere. @georgehifi. You should see how ugly mine look with my custom paint job. My wife is not a fan of the looks. |
