Thiel Owners

tomthiel

The closest I have ever traveled to such a Loudspeaker system was the gentleman, whom I purchased, my CS 2.4SE speakers. I his studio, he owned an original Infinity IRS Beta V set-up. Impeccable, all-original,  from 1985. No modifications at all.  You would have been impressed by his room and system.

I did not want to leave,

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tomthiel

2nd Note on Wilson Audio;

In the Fall of 2012, I found myself in Raleigh NC for work. As luck  would have it, I found a Thiel Audio and Wilson Audio dealer/retailer across the street from each other.  I had my 1st CS 2.4 demo earlier that Spring and was curious about Wilson Audio for comparison. 

Continued (work interruption)

In house at Audio Advice, I auditioned the Sasha and Sophia loudspeakers. 

Still, not as rich in presentation and sound to a CS 2.4 model. Across the street is Audio Excellence. Here I would run the table with CS 2.4, 2.4SE (the clear winner), CS 2.7 and CS 3.7 models. I would visit these guys again in 2014 and the owner would not sell the CS 2.4SE. All other models were for sale.

Over the last 3 years, I have heard Wilson Audio Alexx, Sasha DAW and Sabrina for reference. These particular speakers are far better than original Sasha and Sophia by a wide margin. The Alexx does have the richness of my CS 2.4SE for $100K. Then , there is the cabling , gear, and room  to match.  

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beetle - I think their hall ambience retrieval is real rather than an artifact. Consider that a large portion of speakers have the 100Hz bump, but don't 'hear' the hall. I suspect that Wilson's heroically quiet enclosures along with their ultra high quality crossover components reduce low-level spuriae enough to allow perception of deep musical subtleties. 

Those kinds of parameters are some of what I'm addressing, while keeping an eye on classic Thiel value/cost constraints. Our collective outcomes are promising and encouraging to me.

jafant - your audio interest is immense! I, on the other hand, have very little experience outside the realm of Thiel. I believe that some day you might become a candidate for an enhanced CS2.4.