Thiel Owners

ketchup
Much Thanks! for citing a portion of your Audio journey. It has been said many times that a Thiel speaker is an Apogee or Magnepan with Bass.A long time ago I wanted an Apogee Slant 8 model. It was heavily criticized for not having enough Bass output. The ribbon/stat midrange, tweeter panels sounded beautiful to my ears. I could not get into the sound of a Maggie nor Martin Logan though.  Happy Listening!

Happy Friday - All.

andy2
Absolutely! The CS 2.4 is a true marvel, at least for my ears.The CS 2.4SE is a measure better across all frequency ranges. Last month's visit and session with pwhinson served as a strong reminder.  Hope you are close to Beetle or Tom to hear their improvements upon final configuration.  Happy Listening!

Andy - from my experience, I see no way that any individual, no matter how brilliant or talented, could execute the process that led to the final Thiel speakers. It's hard for people to imagine the immersion, the dedication, the drive and stamina required and expended over decades of full-time work with the inputs, support and sacrifice of a good team of 50 or so people collaborating with external vendors and thinkers and researchers, all working toward the same goal - to substantiate a particular vision. The 2.4, along with additional dozens of Thiel products, represents an incarnation of that actualized vision, physical evidence of an extremely focused creative process applied to the real world.

From an unattributed plaque in a Dallas art gallery:"Love instilled into solid materials by loving craftsmanship is the only creation of mankind to defeat time."
And all of this in the service of, for the love of music. Isn't life a magnificent journey?

It has been said many times that a Thiel speaker is an Apogee or Magnepan with Bass.

Having owned both Thiel and Magnepan, I could not disagree more!  I'm sure the later speakers were much better than the 3.5s, though.  I would love to hear some better models at some point, but because the company doesn't exist anymore and replacement parts are pretty much nonexistent, I'll never own them again.  What happened at Thiel is a crime.