Thiel Owners

@scubabird 

If I was looking for something that provided the essence of what I love about the Thiels, and was looking to get hold of something that was in current production, my starting point would be Maggies and Vandersteens.  I had Magnepan speakers in my listening space from 1984 to 1996 and loved them.  Moved onto Thiel when we needed something more practical to best co-exist with our then toddler.  I started with the Thiel CS .5, and then in 2011 moved up to the 2.4.  Much easier to work into my listening space than would be comparable Maggies.  I have  never owned Vandersteens, but in my space Vandersteens would be easier to work with.  Also, Vandersteens would be easier to work with from an amp perspective  relative to either Thiels or Maggies.  Hope this helps.

I read things on zobel networks commonly being used with thiels speakers and amps used with them can anyone explain this? As well as the alpha goertz cables people talk about.

I agree Vandersteens are the ones that come to mind as the closest to Thiel sound and also build quality.

Hello
I have been a long time reader and fan of this forum. I have Thiel cs7 that have been upgraded to the 7.2 to say that I cheated on the audiophile path would be an under statement. i bought my speakers from a fellow audiogoner appx. 5 years ago, at that time I thought my Krell ksa 100 amp would suffice, but everything I read said 7.2s NEED power and plenty of it. So I started researching and listening to bigger amps. i was just about to pull the trigger on some Mac 501s when I read about the Thiel liquidation auction in Tn. I now have the Krell fpb 600c that Jim used to power his/my speakers.
When I bought the speakers the concrete baffles were cracked but everything sounded great. Now with the bigger krell on the speakers I am getting air through the cracks which causes distortion in the woofer of my left speaker.
I talked to Rob a few years ago about the cracks and he said there was a small shop near Thiel in Ky. that use to do those repairs but they closed about the same time Thiel closed. 
My big question is "has anyone repaired a cracked concrete baffle or know someone that can repair a concrete baffle"?

I just learned something from Rob Gillum regarding 3.7s.He told me that first generation 3.7s coax incorporated a silver bezel, latest generation have a black bezel instead of the silver one.