Thiel Owners


Guys-

I just scored a sweet pair of CS 2.4SE loudspeakers. Anyone else currently or previously owned this model?
Owners of the CS 2.4 or CS 2.7 are free to chime in as well. Thiel are excellent w/ both tubed or solid-state gear!

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
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Good to see you- arvincastro

Baltimore is a great city for Audio and Jazz music. Denver will offer more audio shops in its general area, not far from Colorado Springs/Boulder either. Much Thanks! for sharing the updates in your system as well.

Hope you are well and gearing up for Summer.

Happy Listening!

After some thorough checking trying to explain the major drop off on both the high and bottom end of the spectrum, I discovered that my test sound was the cause. Replacing the pink noise with a sweep test, revealed no major drop off. The pink noise test sound did not have the full spectrum.
Hello folks; just letting you know that no grass is growing under my feet. I am making good strides toward first test samples. The CS2 2 development has dropped back till autumn and the PowerPoint and CS2.4 are now the first-tier projects. The big bundle of ClarityCaps is shipping in a week with lots of trial samples including the custom CSA-160 volt cap. This cap utilizes CSA technology with a 160 volt film to be small enough to fit inboard layouts. The outboard XO option seems to be dropping out via better inboard solutions.

On another front, I learned that Rob got the Klippel Analysis rig from ThielNashville, so it will likely find a place in this development project. World-class tool. Also, I have ordered the new, long-awaited update hardware for my Metric Halo SpectraFoo analysis rig which now sports 32bit x 192kHz ultra clean conversion and 64bit real-time multi-chip processing. This rig is used for recording and concert hall analysis, but applies well to speaker development. I am learning it.

Also, my Classé amps return this weekend from the rehab shop. While re-capping, I also upgraded the caps and added some bypasses. DR6 (late) preamp and 2x DR9 power amps. (100 w @ 8 ohms, 200 @ 4,  400 @ 2 ohms, one amp for each channel. They're old 1990 gear, but I know them well, and love what they do.

Additionally, some very knowledgeable and experienced folks are contributing to the project. By year's end I hope to have a version or two of upgrade crossovers for the 2.4 and PowerPoint. Stay tuned.

Tom