Thiel Owners

@beetlemania

I do remember PMing a couple AG members about my specifics after I posted about my experiences. Were you one?

All your thoughts are well-taken. I perhaps wasn't clear on a couple points you expounded on. Thiel's 1uF bright yellow film bypass caps I didn't touch. I chose the 250V ESA caps for size to fit in the existing XO space for the prior caps.

At the time, at least with the suppliers I looked at, the ESA wasn't available in a 13uF, so I piggybacked a 3uF with a 10uF. The 27uF was stocked. So I never considered assembling what I could to do away with the existing 1uF film bypasses and go to 14 and 28 -- which would likely have required using different 1uF bypasses as ESA wasn't available in 4 or 28uF. I honestly haven't investigated other caps that might work in the XO since then, and I'm sure what you used are a result of deeper research and wider availability of good XO caps since my 2011 upgrade.

What I referred to as ' bypasses' are 10nF, the Vishay-Roderstein MKP-1837 that Humboldt Homemade Hifi (??) recommended for every XO cap application.

My audio friends at the time recommended changing out the XO resistors too, and I promised I would do on my second round, which hasn't yet happened :-(

Can I attach a picture to my posts, or only via a weblink to a photo-sharing cloud service?

@sdecker
Nope, I didn’t PM you. I’ve owned my 2.4s for only about two years. Tom Thiel coached me through most of my mods. I replaced every part from the binding posts to the driver hookup wire. Sounds glorious. 

sdecker

I share your sentiments upgrading from a stock CS 2.4 to the CS 2.4SE model. Dave Garretson was one of this thread's early contributors on the benefits from using Clarity Cap OEM parts. Having spent much time w/ the 2.4, 2.4SE, 2.7 and 3.7 loudspeakers, soundstage is not a problem.

Happy Listening!

2nd Note;

I would like to hear a pair of CS 2.2 and CS 2.3 models for comparison to the CS 2.4 loudspeaker.  Happy Listening!

thosb,

Finally, and there are many on this thread who have better more experienced ears than me, but from what I have heard in my journey so far, "live" comes from tube based amplification.

I always wonder about tube amps myself. The Carver tubed 350 monos keep catching my eye.......But can they handle the 2 ohm impedance?

Thanks for listening,

Dsper