Thiel Owners

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. 

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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.  

Happy Listening!

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. 

Hi fellow Thiel owners. Long time owner here. I have power plane 1.2's , 3.5's and 2.4's. A couple questions  regarding the 3.5's being used as home theater speakers.  I  have an early model SVS subwoofer with the thiel EQ plugged in. A B&K 200 watt power amp is powering Thiels. 

2. My dedicated theater room has a stage area with wall cavities on either side of the screen. I was using some  infinities which seemed happy in corner cavities . Their cone enclosures need replacement so I figured I'd try the 3.5's. Enclosed in the corner wall cavities  they seemed a bit muffled. I moved them out about 2 ft from the corner walls and about a foot in front of the rear wall. this puts them on the stage on either side of the screen. Kind of works with improved sound but not blending in with the surrounding décor. They have passed the movie audition as far as being able to reproduce movie effects at high decibels. The movie Dune has been a good demo. 

 Am I trying to make something work that isn't meant for this application. It feels like I'm taking a luxury range rover and using like a 4wd pickup. Might work for a while but eventually somethings gonna break. Also is there anyway these could be made to sound better in the corners? Enjoying this thread. Great resource!