Thiel 2.4 special edition

I don't know anything about the Marten speakers, but, I think you'll need a bigger amps for the Thiels if you want then to perform as described. I've only listened to the Marten Dukes. As you have known, these are little bookshelf speakers so they won't produce deep visceral bass well compared to floorstanders like the Thiel 2.

They have ceramic tweeters and the treble has a distinctive sound, very clean, detailed and extended. Timing and slam is definitely good with the Marten Dukes. They don't need great power and your Pass monoblocks would do fine. Timing, speed and slam are definitely good with the Marten Dukes. Not enough for the Thiel 2. If you want bass slam, get a sub-sat setup and spend less on the main speaker. Wilson Audio Specialties Alexx V loudspeaker.

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A Recording's Analog Noisefloor. RDacoustic Hybrid Diffusers. I don't often mention speaker grills because I never use 'em. But I did with the Thiels because they are the first acoustically completely transparent grill I've ever encountered.

Another reason I didn't set them aside? I was afraid they were going to get damaged. The 2. Not only does the frame remain flush with the face of the speaker to make it practically invisible to the drivers, the scheme employed leaves the speaker equally beautiful with or without grills and, for once, equally finished in appearance. Two things that I've always found appealing about Thiels are their imaging and soundstaging capabilities.

In my experience, Thiel is second to none -- including any mini-monitor -- in their ability to create a wide and deep soundstage and they lead the pack when it comes to providing said soundstage with real height. I've heard images move in an arc over Thiels, a very impressive feat. Here, the CS 2. More importantly, they didn't impose a one-size-fits-all proportion on the music either.

I've read on the Net where people complain that Thiels are bright. I've never understood that. I've never heard Thiels bright - until I set up the 2. Initially, I set them up with a great deal of toe-in. For the most part, they sounded wonderful. Except for a touch too much sizzle in the treble, I may not have bothered moving them again.

I suppose this may be a danger with the Thiels: They are so remarkably unfussy about setup that they are unlikely to sound bad anywhere you place them. Hence there may be some who never attempt fine-tuning to see what else might be gleaned. Don't make that mistake. If they sound bright to you, something is probably wrong. And even if they sound good enough , keep in mind that they respond nicely to incremental changes in location and toe-in and thus are quite tunable.

With the speakers toed in, I found image specificity with razor-sharp outlines second to none. This too proved amendable via a change of toe-in. Final positioning resulted in almost no toe-in at all.