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| Thiel Owners Hi Jab,If S&V were listing them for $1400/each, then prices must have gone up without my knowledge, which is quite possible. Back at the end of 2013, Crutchfield began clearing their Thiel inventory since they stopped carrying the brand. They... | |
| Thiel Owners For those interested in cabling, in my discussions with Gary Dayton, he also told me that my Thiels were internally wired with Straight Wire, so his entire system uses Straight Wire. (Not sure if it was specific for my 2.7s or PCS, or just Thiel s... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks jon_5912 for forwarding the audio consultants list of used equipment. For those interested, I don't believe the HigherPlane 1.2's were ever priced at $2,180! I think MSRP was around $995 or something like that. So the price here of $990 i... | |
| Thiel Owners I wanted to share some comments from Gary Dayton, who worked for Thiel for 10 years, and is now at Bryston, and here is what he said:"CS2.7s are very similar to CS3.7s. They don’t have quite the clarity because of the wood baffle vs. aluminum baff... | |
| Thiel Owners I would certainly like to hear if anyone has paired their Thiels with a Datasat processor as well, and what they thought of the sound. | |
| Thiel Owners Hi dancastagna,I’m afraid there are just too many options, combinations and permutations of pre/processors and amps for you to have a definitive, singular solution. Tom’s advice will certainly help narrow the field, but in the end, I think you wil... | |
| Thiel Owners geoffkait, you mentioned the XLO Test CD. Did you do the setup and calibration yourself? If so, do you have any tips? | |
| Thiel Owners Come to think of it, I haven't retested my system since I replaced the 2.4s with the 2.7s so it's been over 10 years. The place where I bought my speakers is who originally came to my home to test and set up my system way back when, but they're n... | |
| Thiel Owners I’ve had someone more professional than I come in with a test CD and measuring devices to calibrate my system and adjust settings along with the speaker placement but there are some CDs that just don’t sound as good to me where the speakers are. I... | |
| Thiel Owners There were a few posts regarding positioning, so I will post my experience. I started with the Thiel speaker manual and positioned my 2.7s in the beginning about 8 feet apart, 2.5 feet away from the wall, and I sat about 9 feet away. I noticed t... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi tomthiel,You had mentioned that Jim used flat Goertz speaker cables for the 3.7 development. If I'm not mistaken, in one of the PCS speaker reviews, he had the reviewer use their AG3 Divinity cables which changed the reviewer's perception of t... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi dancastagna,I've got an all Thiel HT setup with very similar speakers to yours (MCS1 center, 2.7s fronts, PCS surrounds, Powerplanes rears, and 4x Higherplanes up top) except for a Martin Logan Descent sub. It had a much more modest beginning ... | |
| Thiel Owners Very interesting information, tomthiel, thank you for the science/history lesson. I've always loved the nice woods that make up the Thiel cabinets, particularly in the x.7s where they actually curve on the side and inward towards the front of the... | |
| Thiel Owners No worries, Prof. If you decide to trade them in, sell locally, or even to the person who was the first to show interest, whoever that may be, then it was just not meant to be for me to own your pair and the quest will simply continue. Life is t... | |
| Thiel Owners hi Prof,My 2.7s are the exact same color. The original shipping box shows the finish as "Morado" but in reality it is Morado Rosewood, and looks just as you describe and matches the image you referenced. My PCS, while also in a "Morado" finish, i... |