Thiel Owners

3.7 sighting in Winnipeg.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9d8ei-thiel-cs3-7-in-walnut-full-range

Wow, as an owner of two pairs of 3.5's and one pair of 2 2's, I am licking my chops to see what you come up with.  I love both models, but agree they could use updating.  I can just relax and listen for now .... not a bad mode to be in! :-)

I wonder if Tom or someone else could comment on this.  I found an image of a supposedly CS6 xover for the midrange.  Based on the image, it seems the xover employs an all-pass filter for the midrange.  In my experience, the all-pass dues to the amount of components, does take away some of the transparency.  And seeing from the image, it does not seem like any bypass cap was used so it may help.  I was just wondering if all-pass filter was widely used at Thiel for the purpose of time-phase aligning?

I've read a review of the CS6 from Stereophile and the author did comment of the slight reticence of the midrange that may be related to the all-pass nework.  See the excerpt below:

So far I've been digging deep into my box of superlatives. Did the CS6 have an Achilles' heel? It did, in that the midrange didn't offer quite the same degree of ultimate clarity or cleanness that so distinguished the bass or treble octaves. There was a feeling of reticence in this region, described by one visitor as a "hooded" quality, that I couldn't eliminate no matter how much I fooled around with placement. Tilting back the speaker by placing Black Diamond Racing cones under just the front did help, however, as a distinct change in timbre could be heard on the sit-down/stand-up test. But for me, at least, this was a minor problem, offset by the many things the Thiel did right.

 

jserio

Thank You for the Winnipeg sighting. Hopefully our friends in the North or a close proximity to the area can grab this pair!  Happy Listening!

harrylavo

No, not a bad mode to be in at all as we await Tom et al., to work their collective magic. Happy Listening!