Thiel Owners

When I purchased my 2.7s I was able to pick from the last 3 sets 
available thru Thiel  serial #s 229 & 230 , in Cherry wood veneer .
That same day the last new 3.7s were listed for $7,000 a birds eye maple,  if they were only $6,000  .
The story was that the 3.7s were being kept incase there was a Thiel museum .
The 2.7s were seconds or blems for $3,000 , so I don't think that these were the last produced .
Anyway they had been moved to Tennessee but I had to purchase them thru Rob in Kentucky  .

tomthiel - happy belated birthday!  If I am doing things similar to you when I am 70, I should be a happy man!

prof - glad to find you are listening again - hope the rest of the recovery is speedy and total.

gasman117 - glad to hear about the PS Audio amp - it is on my short list of products to try, glad to hear about its positive impact to your Thiels.  (Also makes me wonder what happened to ronkent?)  And I also run w/o a pre, have yet to convince myself it is necessary, much less worth the relative investment.  Like anything else in hifi, might help, might not.

mr_bill (and jafant) - I do indeed have CS 2.3s and enjoy them greatly, but I don't know any better, these are only my second speakers (third if you count midfi HT) in the hifi journey, so I don't know what they lack in SQ relative to 2.4s etc.  One thing about the 2.3s, you might feel a bit left out of these discussions, as I think I am the only 2.3 owner who posts, and only rarely. On the other hand, they are a piece of Thiel history, being the first with the coax tweeter/mid, and they are generally lower cost.  And with all the xover upgrades these guys are planning, maybe they could be just as desirable as the other models.

btw - serial numbers - mine are 4467 and 4468.  

vair69robert

Very cool and interesting story. Nice choice on the CS 2.7 loudspeaker.

Happy Listening!

Tom, thank you!  Very informative, and that's a note I will save.

As for the expiring of the electrolytic capacitors in my 02s, what type of symptoms occur when the capacitors start to expire?  Not sure if I should bother replacing them.

vair68rober,

Thanks for that info.  I finally bothered to check and my 2.7 serial number is # 244.   So looks like they continued after the ones you bought.

The 2.7s were introduced the same year - 2012 - that Thiel changed ownership and Jim's designs were discontinued.  So they sure couldn't have made many of them (I wonder how many if any were made after 2012).

I sure feel lucky to have snatched up a pair, especially in the rare ebony finish, as these feel like a "forever speaker" for me.

thosb

Thank You for chiming in and reporting your Serial Numbers. Good to read that you still enjoy the CS 2.3 model.  Happy Listening!