Thiel Owners

My intention is to introduce a limited edition of this stand-mount monitor that builds on Jim's life work to create a very refined speaker with high musical engagement.

Looking forward to it!  :-)

Tom, thank you for the post. I still have my Owner's Certificate, which states my serial numbers are 985 and 986. These speakers are awesome and they impress everyone who comes by to hear them. I would never part with them. I look forward to hearing more details about your project when available!

jafant, thank you. My musical tastes lean heavily to classical piano, with a chunk of jazz and 60s/70s rock thrown in. I've seen (and met) many pianists in person, from Ashkenazy to Igor Levit to Yuja Wang. I used to regularly attend the Lucerne Piano Festival (which is sadly no longer being produced). Next Friday I'll be in Chicago to hear Trifonov.

Do you own the SA-10? I wish that I could audition it, but it would likely involve quite a drive. I'll see if I can locate a dealer in Chicago while I'm there next weekend. Maybe I can also listen to the Bryston, too.

jeroboam - for the record, your 2.4s were made in Lexington with masonite point to point XO boards with American / European passive parts, and best-of-form wire. I and others consider them to be better than the later units with Chinese XOs and wire.

In my explorations, I was impressed by the level of plateau-optimization of that product. Every element is as good as every other element, so that no money was wasted in the implementation. The exception is the drivers. I (and others) have replaced components and topologies, and the speaker gets better and better. But, at considerable cost. My work is to produce an upgrade at the top of the next cost pleateau: wasting no money while performing at a higher level. We have done it a few times on a few products and one of these days we'll have ways and methods to implement those changes for those who wish.

Tom: thank you for the info regarding my CS2.4 pair. They're able to finely resolve anything I throw at them. Please keep all of us in the loop as you proceed ... an upgrade is intriguing.

jeroboam
Thank You for citing your Serial Numbers(S/N). No- there is not a SA-10 in my area of the Southeast U.S. Not to my knowledge anyway. Yes, the Chicago-land area traditionally has one in the showroom. Wisconsin dealer/retailers do as well. A Bryston BCD-3 will be easier to score demo time.Keep me posted and have fun!

Happy Listening!