Thiel Owners

duramax747

That's the Spirit. Which model(s) of Thiel speakers are currently in your collection?

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jafant,

Right now I have two pairs of CS5i in dark walnut and Brazilian rosewood. Also I have CS 7.2 in cherry. They will occupy  the new listening room in rotation of course. 

I miss that bottom end the big Thiel's bring to the table. 

I'm working on my front end with Dacs. 

I have a Esoteric K-01XD all in one player. A highly modified Wadia 521 from the design gurus that were there before they sold company, A Bricasti M1 Series II, and ordering a Audio Note DAC 4.1x Balanced Signature. 

Wadia/Thiels work incredibly well together. 

duramax747

Very nice. I was thinking that you owned a pair of CS 2.7 speakers?

I like those selections for your Front end.

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The last couple of weeks I've been playing around with a Polk Audio PSW650 subwoofer with stereo 10" drivers .  This was offered as a gift and so I tried to like it.  But it just didn't wow me unless I was listening to Pink Floyd or Emerson , Lake and Palmer and surprisingly to Rickie Lee Jones " Pop Pop " . When I listened to other artist or genres It just didn't blend in .  I had it set to 40hz the lowest setting and just audible enough not to be louder than the Thiels , while it added a little to the music the suddenness of the sub just became distracting , maybe if subs came in gradually like a speaker crossover controlled blending . 

But when turning the sub off and on again I was able to hear just how low and powerful the 2.7s sounded considering the size of the woofer . The sound went down to the 35hz but even with the bass heavy music of the above artist the last 5-10 hz started to fade or get softer .  If I turn the volume up the fading lessons but then it's to loud unless nobody else is at home .  I am wondering if an amp that doubles its output from 8 to 4 then again to 2 ohms would that keep the volume level from falling at the bottom end ? 

jafant,

You are not mistaken. I own a white pair of CS 2.7. I also have a pair of CS6 in Zebrawood and a pair of CS 2.4SE. 

With the room being built the big Thiels will be getting most of the attention. With that said it will be relatively easy to swap out speakers with any of the others as placement would be fairly close to where the previous pair were.