Thiel Owners

@jafant 

Which brand of Silver IC did you purchase?

Stager Silver Solids. Quote from Marc Stager:
"...it is not how a cable makes music sound great. It's about how it allows music to sound great by not hindering its transmission in any way>>>"

I do not know much about interconnects and was taught "when in doubt, do not buy". I never used silver interconnects before so i thought I would give these a try as they are not thousands of dollars.

My old interconnects were Synergistic Research Alphas - again, not much money. Another Audiogoner (C6 owner) had suggested SR interconnects might tame the Thiel tweeters and this person was correct but that was with my Theta ProBasic III DAC.

My Mystique DAC is at a higher level and I thought now is the time to see if my ears could handle the silver in the context of a much better DAC.

The Mystique has given me a more fleshed out soundstage and solidness and better images while the silver interconnects  have allowed more presence. And the tweeters are liking it.

Not sure what is next. Based on reviews, the Mystique Evo is a better DAC. Not sure what to do about interconnects.

Thanks for listening,

Dsper

dsper

Thank You for the follow up to my query. Good to read that Stager Silver Solids is a sonic match. Keep up the excellent researching.

Happy Listening!

I don't have a lot of experience with many different Thiels but my favorites are probably my 2 2s.  My 3.7s are technically better but they're kind of a pain.  I'm currently between amps and now am trying to find reasonably priced, high powered, and high performing amps that will last.  What a hassle.  The 2 2s sound great with moderate power.  I can hook them up to a moderately priced receiver and enjoy the heck out of them.  Their inherent qualities sort of encourage listening to music and ignoring audiophile foolishness.  

dsper

I am still assessing and evaluating Cabling at present. Historically, I have heard older Audioquest and Kimber Kable silver offerings. Since I own AYRE/Thiel this could be too much of a good presentation (Resolution).

Happy Listening!

jafant,

I'm glad you are still carefully considering a range of cable options for your system. I seem to remember that you were going to arrange another demo of SwissCables sometime soon. Is that still going to happen?

I am very happy with the Cardas Clear Reflection XLRs I'm using between my DAC and preamp and between my preamp and monoblocks, which drive my Thiel 2.2 speakers. The Clear Reflection cables provide a good degree of detail without being hyper-resolving. They also allow a very natural fullness or richness to flow from my system. I'm no longer experiencing significant listening fatigue, even with older, poorly recorded music, and well-recorded music sounds fantastic.

I'm still thinking, though, that I may be able to improve on my speaker cables a bit. I'm currently using Cardas Parsec speaker cables, which are decent for the price but are positioned in the middle of the current Cardas line. I'd like to try Clear Reflection speaker cables, but the cost for a 26-foot run is out of my price range. So now I'm looking at the possibility of reducing the length of my speaker cables to a more reasonable 8 feet by using longer (18 foot) XLRs between my preamp and amps. This change would allow me to try some higher end speaker wire without breaking the budget. A pair of 18-foot Clear Reflection interconnects would be quite expensive, though, so I've been considering trying some pro-audio XLR interconnects made with Grimm TPR wire if I were to move my amps closer to the 2.2s but farther away from the rest of my audio equipment. The cost would be less than $150 for a pair of Grimm XLRs. 

Have you or any other Thiel owners ever tried pro-audio interconnects like the Grimm with any success?