Thiel Owners


Guys-

I just scored a sweet pair of CS 2.4SE loudspeakers. Anyone else currently or previously owned this model?
Owners of the CS 2.4 or CS 2.7 are free to chime in as well. Thiel are excellent w/ both tubed or solid-state gear!

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
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oblong,

Great choice of speaker in Thiel line. I have a pair in zebra wood. 

Unfortunately mine has some cosmetic issues from shipping. 

I discussed this with Tom and my plan is to refinish them with a beautiful automotive finish. I have new grill cloths and drivers so it will look like a new speaker when I'm done. 

I'll get photos when I get her make-up on. 

@duramax…during the short transport from the car into my house one of the speakers suffered a fairly noticeable surface scratch on its back, otherwise both were in excellent condition.  The scratch didn’t pierce the veneer but it is there if you listen from the rear. Doh!

As someone who has previously owned a few models on the past, I will say that my immediate impression is that these are the closest to what I loved most about the 3.5’s - that at low and moderate volume level they leave nothing to be desired. 
It was only a week ago that I very nearly committed to buying a pair of 3.5’s from an upstate NY retailer, but thought the better of it after speaking with them and their poor condition was made more obvious. (Rough condition, dimpled drivers, and exorbitant shipping costs wound up that decision.). As much as I continue to think the 3.5’s are the best, a prolonged adventure of repair and replacement just isn’t in the cards financially. 
 

I played a couple of tunes that I like to use when seeing what a speaker is capable of doing. “Crocus” by Ani DiFranco and “ Down To The Well” by Kevin Gordon. (With more than a helping hand from Lucinda Williams.) The former for the bass and the latter for overall timbre. The  CS’s didn’t let me down. The only thing I can say about the treble is that it strikes me as being a little less resolute than what I got from 2.4’s and 3.6’s, but this is quibbling. 
 

I am cussing respectfully the legacy of Thiel with these only because I find that placing the connections on the bottom of a 170 pound Easter Island sculpture is just…. I won’t be cable swapping on these any time soon. 
 

Updated pics in virtual systems. 
 

Thanks to everyone. 

oblgny

Thank You for the updated pics in Virtual Systems.  What gear and cabling am I seeing?

 

Happy Listening!

duramax747

Talk about the electronics/gear utilized during Tom's visit. Also, talk about the playlist, song selection for demo.

 

Happy Listening!

jafant,

This really wasn’t about gear. It was about testing the room and proving concept.

it wasn’t until the third day (Sunday) that we really listened to music. Even then it wasn’t ideal as my tube pre amp left channel wasn’t firing so we worked around it.

Our next visit I’m hoping to have a BAT VK-90 pre amp. I’m also working on some Bricasti M32 mono as well.We will have a little variety to test a few amps and pre amps. I also have the Esoteric K-01XD on hand as well as highly modified Wadia DAC from their glory days. 

Above I mentioned gear used which was Pass Labs XA 200.5 amps and Bricasti M1 SII DAC and M19 SACD spinner. We used Tom's Benchmark gear as well.