Thiel Owners

Hi holco,

Very nice job.  I am curious that if you had to remove the woofer and mid/tweeter from the front baffle in order to connect the new wire?

Thanks andy2

Yes all have been removed. 

@holco 
Impressive! Curious to know what difficulties you encountered replacing the hookup wire. The run from the coax board to the coax looks problematic to me. Some questions:

Was your OEM wire in a tube, sealed with hot melt?

How did you guide the new coax wire from the coax chamber through the fiberglass and around the brace above the woofer?  

How did you seal the new wire at the hole where it enters the coax chamber?

Finally, what gauge is your new wire and did you have any problems fitting it into the hole on the driver tab?

How did you seal the new wire at the hole where it enters the coax chamber?

That would be a challenge since I assume the coax chamber has to be sealed from the bass compartment.  If there is any leakage, it will affect the sound of the coax driver.

My guess is you have to cut the existing wire, then run your own wire through the existing opening, then seal it with some type of weather sealant from Home Depot. 

Finally, what gauge is your new wire and did you have any problems fitting it into the hole on the driver tab?

It looks either to be 14AWG
https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/speaker-wire/supra-ply2.0-speaker-wire-per-foot-14-awg/

or 12AWG:
https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/speaker-wire/supra-ply3.4-speaker-wire-per-foot-12-awg/

But I am not sure how he run the ground wire.  Speaker wires usually do not have any grounding terminal so I would guess it has to be modified afterward.