Thiel Owners

Andy - thanks for the clarification. The C is for Copper in CSA and the CSA is reported to be a big step better than the SA. One day I will directly compare the SAs from the 2.4SE with the new CSAs.

Hi Tom,

It will be interesting as what is the difference between the "SA" and "CSA". I personally am a bit doubtful as to how much the difference between the copper technology vs. the older "SA". Sometimes I think the marketing is getting ahead of the technology itself.

I think for the most part, it’s the dielectric material of the capacitor that determines the quality of the capacitor and not the "copper contact".  Without knowing more, I still would prefer capacitor that has the reputation such as the Mundorf Supreme or various Jantzen capacitors.

@holco 
Take a look at this if you’re not already aware
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/coils.htm

Also, I previously suggested mounting resistors on aluminum to help with cooling when you had them buried under caps. Yeah, um, do *not* do that. It appears you will have more room on your new boards to fit everything and give the resistors some breathing room.

Great potential deal for a Thiel SS2 located in the Colorado Springs, CO area.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thiel-SS2-Smart-Subwoofer-System-10-Woofer-1000-Watt-MSRP-6500/264137072362...

beetlemania, 

I'm aware of the do's and don'ts placing coil's, how to placing coil's near capacitors is new info for me, thanks for the link :)
But like you said, there will be more space on the bigger PCB's, and if Jim Thiel didn't calculate the specific distances between the coil's I see no problem but rather an improvement.

Through all of Jim's final listening / troubleshooting / optimizing phases, the parts were mounted on the actual crossover boards with all input and output leads attached to real drivers in their real cabinets. Therefore any leakage, environmental changes, etc. would be accounted for in the final as-built design. Our changes affect his outcomes and we will be reassessing actual measured performance and tweaking values as necessary.

I expect our expanded layouts to exhibit less crosstalk as well as greater thermal stability. But our target slopes and voicing will be the same as Jim's