Thiel Owners

Tom Thiel thanks so much for your journey and updates! Did you or your brother ever consider or build a prototype based on aperiodic enclosure slash vario vent..which when implemented properly seems to greatly reduce the system resonance peak?

tomthiel

Thank You for the follow up with Bill Thalmann. I am glad that you guys had a fruitful conversation and trip. His reputation is well documented and regarded in these very Audio forums. I can only imagine the setting of his Hot Rod Garage.

Keep us posted on the modification/over-haul of your Classe' amps.
That brand still has a loyal following to date.

Excited about the future of Thiel Renaissance as well.  This outing sounds like a catalyst of good things on the horizon. In fact, I am certain that other Manufacturers would take an interest as information is released within Trade circles. Well Done!

Happy Listening!

brettmcee - from the earliest time, we noted that Thiel customers seemed to play by different rules than much of the industry. We chalked that up to Thiel's objective, neutral, no-nonsense approach to our products and our business. We also noted that reviewers of Thiel products shared that same stripe of competence. And the pros who used our speakers to mix and master were first-rate. Tom Jung of DMP was as good as it got in the early days of digital, and various European, especially Scandanavian, recordists produced albums that are still today beyond reproach.

Music brings out the best in us all. And Thiel people are my favorites.

unsound - indeed an equalizer opens myriad possibilities. Bill would have the knowledge to orchestrate an attenuation scheme; he would also have the chops to orchestrate alternative power for the EQ. A large part of the cost and limitation of any active device is centered on its AC power supply. What if we borrowed DC from the preamp, perhaps via post-installed 40 volt phantom power (ubiquitous in the pro world for microphones, etc.) to power the EQ from the preamp’s power supply. And so forth and so on.

audiotweak - no we didn’t explore resistively vented enclosures. However, we did notice that leaky cabinets altered the bass response, acting like larger cabinets, and did muse how wonderful it would be to get a larger-acting enclosure via leaking.

Presently I am reading about aperiodic venting with an eye to combining it with equalization for a low-order bass rolloff that reaches deep with possibly less reactivity while requiring less EQ than a sealed box.

So much to learn, so little time.