Thiel Owners

New Year's Eve - All

lars888888,

At 8 ft the CS 2.4 is your best choice. It is a steal on the used market and the upgrade path Thiel Renaissance has planned will make this model highly competitive in the 20-25k speaker realm. 

The two issues, already discussed,  that creates problems with the larger Thiels is power (amp) and room (integrating). If you get these right the CS5i will keep a smile on your face. Look at the You Tube CS5i on that site. Look how close they are to the walls and the ceiling. 

My setup is 10.9' tweeter to tweeter, 3.3' off back wall, 3.6' off side wall, and 6.5' to ceiling.

If you feel at any point you may get a larger listening room then I would jump on the CS 5i and hold on to them. As Tom eluded too, improving the 4 electronic crossovers and a handful of other improvements Tom has mentioned in this thread is well worth getting a pair.

On an aesthetic note I love the Mid Century modern design that the CS5i embodies more than any other Thiel speaker. When I have the CS 7.2 next to the CS 5i they look short and plump in comparison to the sleek and elegant CS 5i. World class craftsmanship.  

Happy New Year! All

Duramax747 and tomthiel, thank you very much for your advice! It does indeed seem like the 5i would be wasted on my room. I’ll be sure to keep a lookout for the Renaissance upgrades for my 2.4, duramax makes them sound very very promising! 

lars888888

The CS 2.4 upgrades will be transformative. 

Binding Post will be replaced with low mass design

New internal wiring which is an improvement over the stock,

Crossover upgrades with caps developed by Tom

Speaker base plinths

A few other significant improvements I am noi at liberty to mention yet. 

I have three pairs of CS 2.4 which I will leave one stock and one with an all out version for others to compare. 

I like big clean power with Thiels as I've mentioned. 

Two amps that I favor over all other amps I have used/heard with CS2.4 are Conrad Johnson 350S Premier and Krell MDA-300. Make sure the MDA's were recently serviced/recapped. They bettered the FPB series especially in the bottomed.