Thiel Owners

tomthiel
Thank You for the follow on for a D28/2 tweeter.  Keep us posted on Rob's drop-in replacement option(s).
Happy Listening!

As candidate drivers are identified I and/or Rob can vet them. Rob is learning to use Thiel's Klippel and I am learning to use my SpectraFoo to make critical comparisons between the design driver and potential replacements. I recognize that this task is many years past due, but Rob has only had Coherent Source Service for a year and a half and I've been onboard (very part-time) for about a year. Slow progress is being made. We are committed to you having your classic Thiels for a long time.

Regarding the outriggers and spikes, I prefer the sound of my 2.4s with them on. It might simply be, however, that the improvement I hear is more related to having the speakers elevated another 2-3” rather than any coupling to the floor. My floor is tile over slab. The spikes sit on thin wood pieces to protect the Oriental rug I inherited from my parents. Anyhow, I’ve noticed I prefer the sound even more if I sit in a chair lower than my couch and another ~20” closer to the speakers. But this is changing more than one variable at a time, so can’t really say to what degree the lower listening axis makes it sound “better”.

Regardless, my modded Thiels sound superb. I hope Tom is able to bring his upgrade kits to market soon!

warjarrett I messaged you.

I simply couldn’t agree more about 3.5s. I totally love mine and will never, ever sell. If I can keep them going, and all is good right now, they will always have a spot in my speaker rotation.

Not posted here much lately, but I check in here every few days and am really excited at the possibilities emerging for keeping the dream alive with these wonderful speakers that we are all so lucky to own.

I wasn't clear about the O3a and CS3.5 tweeters in my post above. The Audax/Polydax was used in the O3a. They were plentiful, but they are getting more and more difficult to find. Spica and Snell are two manufacturers that used them also, and there were many more. The CS3.5 speakers used Dynaudio D28/2, 6 ohm, that were also mass produced and used for many years in many speakers, but very hard to find now.