Thiel Owners

Thoft,

I agree with you. When I visit the audio stores, I rarely hear Speakers that I like as much as Thiels. It just seems something is missing. I have listen to some really high-end, high dollar, systems locally and was thinking to myself “my system sounds better“. 
Jafant,
when I moved into my new house, I had a dedicated 20 amp line installed just for the power amp\stereo system. I run the Belles straight into the wall, and the rest of the system through a Panamax power conditioner. The Shandling has a pretty decent power cord, and I ended up with a spare one that I use on the Primaluna. Would like to eventually play with power cords to see if they make a difference in my system.

happy listening 

bellesfan
Absolutely! I have read about Shandling over the years and most fans stay with the stock PC. This is a testament to quality engineering.A dedicated line certainly helps as does a conditioner/re-generator (much will depend on your locale).  Reading this thread all of the way through,
you will discover, that  I am the first to stand up for cables/cords.By all means, experiment and have fun,  in the process!
Happy Listening!

The biggest improvement to my system has been moving into a new room. We have a very large open basement and I made a theater room at one end. The Thiels are 13 feet apart, 3 feet from the rear walls, and 16 feet from my listening seat. The sound stage and imaging is glorious. The vocals are dead center, very holographic, and up into the ceiling at times. A lot of the sound stage improvements also come from the addition of the preamp, and the CIFTE NOS tubes I installed. There is no comparison to the old corner of the basement in my old 900 square-foot house where the speakers were crammed up against the wall and my listening chair was literally touching the furnace. Not ideal by any means, but I made the best of it.

happy listening

Jafant,

now that my system can breathe and function at its full potential, I can justify experimenting with tweaks. In my old house it just didn’t make sense. Perhaps you could make some suggestions to steer me in the right direction, as I am a novice audiophile. As much as I love my Belles hot rod, I have been thinking an upgrade in my amp would make the most sense. If I do upgrade, a power cord would be a must. Thanks,  happy listening. 

Thiel 3.6 is 86 db 2.5 ohm minimum. Thiel 7.2 is 86 db 3 ohm minimum. That’s from this little dealer book one shop would’ve gotten from thiel