Anyone heard the Thiel Subs

David99,

No she didn't. I guess she must've thought you were cuter than I. ;o)

Actually, I had my wife and son with me, so my flexibility was somewhat limited.

BTW, I haven't seen any pricing information on the new Thiel subs. Has anyone else? Wondering how big a chunk these bad boys will take out of my budget.

It all depends on what you want this sub to do.The Thiel would do well in a 80% music system.It went deep but not the kind of deep that puts in the submarine in the movie U-571 .The trade offs would be music.This thing hits music between the eyes.Good luck.

Tombowlus, you could have picked up an outboared RANE PE17 parametric EQ and poped it into the signal path for even more flexibility! Buying a sub because it had build in EQ's isn't my first consderation. I'd buy a better sub and do the EQ'ing myself!...that's me.

True, but then I would have also had to buy a unit to give me all the control over the crossover, phase, and polarity. I would need quality interconnects, more outlets, and space for both units. Then, I would still have to buy a great sounding sub. Now granted, I would have done all of this (as needed), if I couldn't find a great sounding sub that incorporated all of these features. But believe me, the DD-series do deserve a listen. While I slightly preferred the sound of the SW1, the difference was not as great as I thought it would be, and when you consider the price difference, that's pretty incredible. I guess what I am saying is that I am not convinced that I could have bought a noticeably better sub (at least not for my system).

According to Mr. Thiel, he designed this smartsub to compliment his SC4
monitor.  It would be interesting to hear a combo w/ one of his floor-standing models, though.