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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oblgny,

Hope those mids
 in your nephew's speakers hold over time. Yes,! I did lose a couple of tweeters too.
 I knew you had the Pass X150.5. I would suggest that you mate Pass and Bat if it's ever in your financial future.Appreciate your reply.

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I've never blown a driver in any speaker I've owned in my whole life (and that's a lot of them).  Some people either have bad luck, or like their music super loud I guess.
prof,

Live levels sometimes. Soft on a Sunday morning; Saturday night we're rocking. Musicians listen "Live" all the time. I have a 100+ yr old  house and space so I do not annoy the neighbors. It is a brick Landmark Status. They do not build homes like this anymore. No kids. Take care of 10 feral cats ; they live outside .

How are you coming with your decision on 2.7 / 3.7s ?

Avalons are 12yrs old; no problems with the drivers. If I remember right, Kathy replaced 4 or 5 midrange and 2 Tweeters.

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Still loving both speakers.  I have the 3.7s running again and after two years they still blow my mind.    I also crank them quite loud when I'm listening outside the room (they are down just a short bit of hallway from my computer chair).   They seem to handle high SPLs very nicely.

I've continued to audition other speakers - most recently Proac Response D20 some Revel speakers, Kudos and Kharma (Kharma more because the dealer happened to have them playing).

I found the Proacs looked beautiful, but unfortunately they had that "ribbon tweeter" discontinuity that I almost always hear in such speakers.  (The exceptions being the Raidho and the JM Reynauds from my auditions of those speakers).   And every time I come home to the Thiels they blow me away compared to what I've just heard elsewhere.
I have the 3.7s spread really wide apart, and about 6 1/2 feet from me, and the sound is just a massive, incredibly deep stage with beautifully focused voices and instruments throughout.  And just clarity from top to bottom.  The only speakers that really come close to doing that kind of effect (other than my MBLs) are the Audio Physic speakers - Avanti.
I am pretty curious about the Audio Physic Codex - the Avanti is possibly the most beautiful speaker I've seen in one of their high end finishes.  The Codex is I think not much smaller than the Thiels so wouldn't solve much of my "too big" issue with the 3.7s.

I still think I may be headed to purchasing the Joseph Audio Perspectives when I can, at which point I will have to let go of either the 2.7s or 3.7s (if only to please my wife).