Thiel Owners

Good weekend too you all.. 

Tom gave me some tips on cables for my speakers and I must say that they are both more open ( the one on the right was a bit cramped/ held back and on the first listen benefits more than the left , but both are more present with my self made new cables. )

I've got the electronics for my surround speakers nearly finished and ask in their own little boxes (filled with holes for venting). Just need one or two resistors and caps and Rob to finish my coax...

****** Weekly reminder ******

Just to remind those willing to upgrade their 2.4

Clarity Caps PUR 14 uF@630 VDC for €165,00 / piece

Clarity Caps PUR 28 uF@259 VDC for €142,50/ piece

This would total in USD something around 670 for the set

******** PM me if interested ********

Cheers

Pieter

Jeff - my memory was unclear about the ported 03. Please confirm NO equalizer.

BTW, it's great to know these speakers have given you joy for so long. They were made in our first garage shop on the little farm outside Lexington, about the time we were building the new 16' x 28' addition onto the original dirt-floor 15' x 22' garage. Memory Lane Lives. 

tomthiel wrote:

"Jeff - my memory was unclear about the ported 03. Please confirm NO equalizer."

My ported 03s came with the Thiel equalizer. Early on I made the determination that I liked the sound/setup better without the equalizer in the pipeline. I no longer have the EQ box, I should have hung on to it. 

For those interested, the original 03 EQ was similar to the 01 as a fixed point boost at 30Hz, enabling the speaker's -3dB point at around 27Hz while maintaining 90dB sensitivity at 8 ohms (6 ohms minimum). Those early EQs had less sophisticated circuitry and implementation, with electrolytic caps in the signal path and so forth - creating a transistory veil on the music. Each generation got better with the CS3.5 becoming direct-coupled.

Jeff - you're not alone in preferring the direct path and sacrificing the deep bass for more transparency. You might consider the CS3.5 in your replacement search. The EQ is getting upgraded well above stock and the speaker is in line for significant driver and crossover upgrades.

jeff_pvd

Thank You for the follow up and citing Serial Numbers (S/N) on your speakers.

Those are nice, low, numbers. Good to read that a Rotel receiver can drive the 03.

Happy Listening!