ok im an idiot,i recently had a baby and got married,bought a house etc,thats not what makes me an idiot,what does is i stopped experimenting. no time. well i made time,with some more care given to speaker placement,2+ feet instead of 1 foot away from the rear wall,slightly toed in against the advice of thiel ,but due to my room boundaries,i have a odd wall by my right ear,it protrudes out from the otherwise square room. due to this i toed them in to avoid early reflections on one side. ok now its amazing. i still have some hash in the highs that i attribute to the acurus gear. but it has been massively scaled down! records that were too bright to bear are now ok. and records that were nice are now fantastic! what a difference! placement and room correction are everything!
yes they were well maintained but slightly damaged in shipping. the zip tie on the x-over that holds some coil up broke,no real problem though,new zip tie. my only complaint with these thiels is now i need a better amp and pre-amp. its a harsh combo!
my only complaint with chinese gear is that its chinese! lol. i like my audio domestic and my cars foreign! : )
