Thiel Owners

Thiel’s dialed in and set up are magical indeed ….glad to be among fellow Thielites (?)..ha…. Totally agree bettlemania…good to just sit back and enjoy sometimes.
jafant, my analogue is Rega P8 alpheta 3 mc and rega aria 3 phono stage, my digital is a Cary DMS 700 (r2r ladder dac and streamer) both of which I love. Those I bought new so they were pricey but they are really sweet and hope to have a good long while.
I will let you know if I move forward on 2.4 xo upgrades, probably be a bit as budget is toast and like beetlemania says good to just listen for awhile in between upgrade urges. 

jmbumgarner01

Thank you for citing the rest of your system. the Rega P8 is an excellent TT as is the Cary audio DMS 700. To date the DMS has been a great product for Cary. Did you own the 500 or 600 models?
Luckily, the CS 2.4 is not difficult to drive nor match (sonically).

Happy Listening!

@jmbumgarner01 Here are CS2.4 crossover access instructions from Rob Gillum:

The crossover can be accessed through the passive radiator opening. The base is not removable, as it is screwed, and glued. To access the crossover, you must remove the passive radiator screws and let the passive radiator drop into the cabinet. It can be rotated 90 degrees, and removed while servicing. To re-install the passive radiator, you can place your fingers at the surround, pressing outward to hold in place while re-installing the screws that hold bit in place.

Just catching up with the past week of posts -- about 2.4s. Surprised to learn this was Thiel's lowest-volume speaker, building on the successful 2.3, with a good economy for the first 5 years of production when most would have sold, and a still-committed dealer network.

As a point of reference, mine are SN 611 & 612 and almost definitely have the original XO: wooden LF & HF boards (literally) hand-wired with Acousti-Coils, AEON electrolytics, bright yellow Elpac 100V 1uF 5% polystyrenes (?), Erse 100uF 100V electrolytics, Xicon resistors, and a Solen PA-MKP-FC in the LF XO. I believe they were AEONs that I replaced with Clarity Cap ESAs some years ago in the coax feed. Rob Gillum built me a new pair of coaxes a couple years ago, so I'm sure I'd be most of the way to these speakers' potential once I replace the resistors.  *Most* of the way: I know how far some of you have gone with all the ancillary parts!

When I bought these used from agon in mid-2006, I had checked with Thiel who told me these SNs were early production units with the previous woofer that was later updated, though sonically identical. Never followed up about that, but I'm sure buried in my paperwork or emails is the date of manufacture of these speakers.

sdecker

Excellent! Good to see you own a low-numbered pair. The general consensus agrees on Clarity Cap CSA/ESA (s) as well. What gear is in your current system?

Happy Listening!