Thiel Owners

Good to see you -tomthielThank You for the additional information and clarification on this matter.
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Tom T;
Many apologies for the “ fake news”

i always thoijght if it was posted on the internet; It ws a fact!!!!

lol

i guess the point was:
2 different people or consultants designed the crossover
Could that ( different designers) be a variable

keep up the good work

jeff

No trouble- Jeff
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Jeff, the point is that such a system (CSnext) required far more horsepower than available from an individual who may have played some minor role.

Creating a design team after Jim's departure was a huge undertaking. The 2.7, 1.7 and MCS (#next) were developed at costs so great that the new owners abandoned that path.

That’s really interesting insight, Tom.

As to possibly different design decisions made by that newer 2.7 team,  I’ve posted earlier in this thread, Philip Bamberg who worked on the 2.7 design had posted in another forum:

Philip Bamberg: I can vouch for both the CS3.7 and 2.7 speakers having a 2dB/decade downsloping response from 200 to 2kHz, transitioning back to level in the treble. This is a tonal balance curve similar to many high-end speaker brands. However such a speaker still does not sound dark (there are other more technically involved reasons for this).

My 2.7s indeed don’t sound "dark" (though a tad darker than the 3.7s) but they certainly are sweet and easy on the ears. I wonder if that downsloping response was something engineers like Bamberg brought to the table, vs what Jim would have done?