Fascinating thread for a non Thiel owner. I just remember auditioning the Thiel and Vandersteen together at my local shop back in the day (Take 5 Audio across from Yale). I liked the Vandersteen 2's better as the high end was a bit less pronounced, but I think it also may have been the electronics (but it was all Threshhold if I recall).
Both lines were better than anything else they had in the store to my ears. They were a large Wilson dealer, but I never liked Wilson's as they made my ears bleed, lol...
It's that both speakers are time and phase correct. Many don't hear the differences, but I can nearly promise you that any Vandersteen or Thiel lover does hear it and is sensitive to it. I'd love some Thiel owners of years past (when Jim made them) to post on the Vandersteen forums as we have so much in common. We have a lot of music threads there too. This is a fun thread as folks appreciate the music and not just the equipment.
Both lines were better than anything else they had in the store to my ears. They were a large Wilson dealer, but I never liked Wilson's as they made my ears bleed, lol...
It's that both speakers are time and phase correct. Many don't hear the differences, but I can nearly promise you that any Vandersteen or Thiel lover does hear it and is sensitive to it. I'd love some Thiel owners of years past (when Jim made them) to post on the Vandersteen forums as we have so much in common. We have a lot of music threads there too. This is a fun thread as folks appreciate the music and not just the equipment.