Overall, the Thiels produced an impressively flat curve...But the relative lack of low-frequency energy in-room will exaggerate the CS1.6's tendency to sound a little treble-dominant...In the time domain, the impulse response (fig.7) is beautifully time-coherent, and the related step response (fig.8) has an excellent right-triangle shape...
"Still needs a good subwoofer, IMHO, to balance the top-end; like a mini-monitor with a built-in stand..."
"Paired with a good subwoofer, such as any of Rel's ST series, it offers sound reproduction approaching that of Thiel's own landmark CS2.4 (which I think is competitive with most any speaker south of $10K..."
... shelf and stand-sized sized SCS4 and MCS1, floor-standing CS1.6, ... the CS1.6; Pro Audio Reviews' "Reviewer's Pick" for 2003; THIEL's floor-standing ...
THIEL's CS1.6 features a slender, unassuming design, but its performance is far from ordinary. ... The CS1.6's extraordinary performance comes from the ...
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