Thiel Owners

Hello all - newbie here...just discovered this site last week or so and this thread several hours ago! Such passion for Thiels! Real quick cuz it’s 4am and I’m zonking-out I’m the original owner of a pair of black ash 3.6s complimented by a couple of .5s and a definitive sw and PSB center I’ve had since the late 90’s. Perfect condition and I’m looking to sell it or trade for 800 series b&ws. I know there is a place for this somewhere on the site and I plan to do this the right way (!) but I just wanted to send this out to the universe as a sort of place mark. I’m in the Bay Area and would be interested just to find out what it is I have, what the current value is. (I have no idea what I paid initially but none of it was cheap!) It’s used as mostly a home theater setup along with my 1000 watt definitive sw and 200x5 WPc Aragon amp and stageone pre pro which are the main reason for my upgrade dreams. They are great, but not even an hdmi connect! I’ll learn the forum rules and undoubtedly already broke several but as I said, this is just a stab at a bookmark before I forget or can’t navigate my way back! Apologies ahead of time gotta hit the hay! Feel free to contact any way. Yours jjw 

As someone who went from the B&W 800 series to Thiel about 10 years ago I will be the first one to tell you that you're making a bad decision.  I found the Thiels to be better in every area I cared about.  The B&Ws will play louder and have more (lower quality) bass.  The Thiels have more defined bass, clearer, more intelligible midrange, less peaky tweeter, better imaging, more realistic soundstage, better transients, and a difficult to describe relaxing quality that may be due to their better phase behavior.  

justinjwilliams

Welcome! Good to see you here. I can understand the appeal of B&W 800 series speakers. For a few years, I enjoyed the 805 monitor.
Are you looking to build a complete system around the 800 loudspeakers?

Regarding selling your current gear- check out U.S. Audiomart. The fee for selling over there is much less than here or eBay. Something to consider.

Happy Listening!

jon_5912

Excellent descriptors for Thiel Audio loudspeakers in general.

Happy Listening!

Hello Tom Thiel,

I want to ask you about the shim or shims you added to the driver to aid in alignment. Was there a number such as .125 or .250 shim thickness added singularly or in addition to arrive at your final destination? Is there a minimum fractional distance that the brain can determine as a skewed time offset? Personally I think it is as small as 1/8 of an inch.
Thanks for your insights. Tom