Putting Curtains in the Man-Cave

The Thiel CS3.7's Driver ... pay no attention to the green turntable light that couldn't help but photobomb ... We were looking forward to the demo all week.  We showed up at around noon on Columbus Day - which allowed the salesman, Bob Cesarini, to spend about a week breaking in the speakers.  Given our experience with Thiel, and the fact that they take a long time to break in, this was a good thing. The speakers had about 75 hours or so, so while not fully run in, they would be much better than a "right out of the box" sound. Most of the ugly portion of the break in would be behind it. Bob told us that the factory claims 300+ hours are needed for them to reach their full potential, but at the point of the demo, we should be able to hear what earned them their reputation.  We'll see ... After Bob gave us the basic introduction to the speaker and his optimistic thoughts on the new owners and the direction of Thiel, he left us to our own devices. (Stereophi...

The Thiel CS3.7 Meeting Thiel Again after 10 years In this age of social media, where a lot of people reconnect with old friends using Facebook, Twitter, and other sites -  I have been surprised how life's twists and turns over the decades have a lot of people in circumstances different than you'd expect.  A couple will have done quite well - one of my old High School friends, for instance, keeps posting the places all over the world she and her family have been traveling.  It's a lot of fun to live that Jet-set lifestyle vicariously.  Some haven't done as well, scraping by.  Most remained in the middle class.  Many have a very different outlook on life than they did when they were younger, some haven't.  Nothing like a few miles on the odometer to shake things up.  It is sometimes kind of fun to see how things ended up. I do have a point - this is related to Thiel Audio.  I first became aware of Thiel when I heard them at a local...

The Journey We both had things to do in the morning - so we met back at the house and left for Buffalo with our plan:  at most 1 hour at the Speaker demo, and then save 1-2 hours for the art museum and then back home.  It was a perfect plan that would have us back home in time for dinner. The Quad 2805 speakers at The Speaker Shop in Buffalo, NY Okay, that paragraph above there was far too much of a setup.  We ended up spending about 2 1/2 hours at the speaker demo, and took a rain check for the museum. We impose a limited curfew for any excursion away from home these days due to an elderly Poodle (see picture of him a few years ago).  The speakers were that surprisingly good. Our 4 hour leash This is our first review based upon "initial impressions" -- there is a reason that professional reviewers try to live with components for weeks and sometimes months - all we can give is initial impressions based upon 2 hours with them, and can't tell...