accurate soundstage,ability to reveal every nuance of music

none for this price

This is the speaker to buy if your looking for an accurate soundstage,deep tight bass,accurate highs and mids.I bought a used levinson 23.5 to drive these beauties and was rewarded with even better sound then when i used my old parasound amp.If you want real true uncolored sound with deep bass and accurate mids and highs,these are the speakers to own in this price range.

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kef104 proac 2.5 vandersteen paradigm

Stunning presence, detail, bass, linearlity

Requires much current and long break-in to shine. Associated equipment must not be bright or grainy.

Adding Thiel 3.6 to your system is ambitious undertaking. You must make sure your amp has significant current and all the gear is of high quality. Reward is sound quality of stunning beauty. By the way, one symptom of inadequate power is brightness or thinness of sound; that is, if you don't give 3.6 enough power it may sound thin or bright to you.

Large 3-way design. Should be considered for around $4k budget.
Neutral tonal balance but "Very Difficult" to drive. With a
low-powered amp, the trebe can be harsh sounding and bass can sound
booming. Extremely transparent sounding. So great care must
be taken on the upstream components. If a recording is harsh,
it will sound harsh. So pop and rock music listeners beware.

Beatiful finishs with many different choices possible. The binding
post is underneath the speaker made for difficult installation, but
proves to be much more attractive over the long run.

Tonal balance was just a tad bright. At low to mid listening levels, these speakers are faurly realistic. At very high playback levels, this speaker distorts in the treble range,and seems to compress dynamics. Bass extension is good,but bass definition is poor for a speaker in ths price range. Midrange in general was pretty good. Vocal reproduction was excellent. As long as playback levels were not to high, Imaging from these speakers was very good. At high levels, depth and placement suffered.
These speakers would workvery well with chamber, jazz, lite pop. Large orchestra and rock at realistic levels seem to exceed the Thiel's dynamic capability. High frequencie became hard and overall dynamics seemed compressed. The speakers gave out long before my amp did. A speaker in the $4000 should be able to play cleanly at much higher levels than this.

I borrowed these speakers from a friend, and tried them in my current system .
( Preamp: Classe 6; Amp: Bryston 4st; PS Audio Lambda and Ultralink II)
I don't use LP as a front end in my system. I Find cd's to be acceptably musical. My listening room is small, roughly 24 feet by 18 feet.

I did not buy these speakers. Perhaps I needed better components and or a larger room to bring out the best in the Thiel 3.6's. I bought a used pair ofTotems instead.

An extremely accurate speaker when driven within its design constraints. It is very easy to abuse the tweeter due to the first-order crossover. Anything above a moderate volume level will cause the tweeter to buzz and make all sorts of odd sounds. Beautiful cabinets - Incredible fit and finish. However, It doesn't help this loudspeaker get out of its own way.

Judging each facet of performance the 3.6 should be considered one of the greatspeakers. It's built well, the bass is deep and non boomy, the imaging is
precise, the overall sound seems neutral. However, in the 5 different places
I have heard it, I have never liked the whole package. I find them to be
hard and cold sounding. I never seem to be able to close my eyes and relax.
In a good friends system, the Magnepan 2.7, and Martin-Logan Aerius they
replaced and the M-L CLS Mk II that replaced them were are VASTLY more
satisfying and emotionally involving. I've heard them driven with Krell's,
VAC's, Pass's, ARC's (all great amps capable of driving the load) and they
always sound cold and unmusical. All of those alternates are better choices
IMHO, as are more traditional speakers such as ProAc.

I agree with Eric. I have had the Thiels for about 2 months now and they sound great! If you are looking for a speaker that is neutral and
very revealing of the source material the CS3.6 should be auditioned.
These speakers like to be placed away from walls and I think they sound
better with the grills off. The cabinet work is of high quality but
not quite as nice as the finish on my Snell E/III!

I really like Thiel speakers. At the same time, I hate'em, too! The first order crossover is probably to blame for my mixed reaction. Imaging is first-rate, and dynamics are satisfying (when heard through Wadia and Krell). Vocals are so silky and realistic that some sounds make me jump out of my chair, but that all depends upon placement and ear height. One inch out of the proper position and Thiels can be MADDENING. There are positions out of the sweet spot that are fine and others that are repulsive. Why can't someone come up with a decent higher-order crossover?