Thiel Owners

jazzman,

I'm usually between 6 1/2 - 7 1/2 feet from the speakers.  Closer usually if I've set up any of my stand mounted speakers (e.g. Thiel 02 or Spendor s3/5).   Those Thiels are 7' 8" from my listening position at the moment.  I have the sofa on sliders so I can actually move it back which I do sometimes.  The normal listening distance is super immersive,  but even a few inches back snaps the imaging and tone in to more solid form.  I like both.

Also, btw, the L speaker is closer to the reflective fire-place wall, so I have a thick brown velvet (same material as the curtains) cover I hang over that surface for listening.  Balances out the upper frequencies perfectly with the R speaker, where I have a velvet curtain on that side cutting down higher frequency hash from the sidewalls.

prof

Nice pics. Feel free to post in Virtual Systems.

Happy Listening!

tomthiel - they sound great in bad rooms.  I put my 2 2s in a reflective living room in a townhouse.  It was a second system, not something I put effort into.  Yeah, if you stand a foot away and change elevation you can hear dramatic changes.  Other than that they're great.  Resolution is limited by the room but that was taken into account and they still sound great in low rez rooms despite the limited detail.  Compared to other brands I've owned they're so clearly better, the imperfections  are there, but completely overwhelmed by the strengths.  

jon - thanks for your perspective. I can't say I understand what the naysayers actually object to.