Whatever happened to Straight Wire?

I too use Thiel 3.6's and the bottom end with the Kimber 8TC is mind blowing via my Bryston 7b-sst's. Though in using the Serenade's I will sacrifice some of the very deep bottom for everything else they do so well in my room.

I don't know what is going on with Steve Hill and hopefully he is well. He is a transplanted New Yorker who moved to Florida. You know what they say about Florida, its for the "Dead and dying!" Hopefully Steve and his business are not among that group.

I forgot to add that Thiel continues to use Straightwire for its internal wiring and for voicing their speakers. Albeit even though they introduce a new model only every 5 years or so. I was told this directly by Kathy Gornick.

Dabluguy, I am witness to a mighty fine job voicing them speakers!

I have a pair of "Wave Guide" 4's - anyone know of these and if they are decent?

I have recently gone back (at least for now) to Straightwire ICs after trying quite a few other brands, most of them more expensive. And unlike Nrenter above, I replaced PS Audio's top two ICs (Transcendent and the copper equivalent) with Encore II ICs and believe them actually better...they do not mess with the response and timing like the PS wires. I am using Maestro from the sources to the pre. We will see where I end up, but this is where I am now. I think that the majority of highend cable makers have lost their minds, and they can kiss my ...