Thiel Owners

Sdl4 - very well stated. There exists an arrogance of intelligence which imagines it knows everything when it can explain anything. Thiel's founding attitude and guiding principle was that we only understood a small corner of what we were dealing with and that we better remain open-minded and humble if we were to make progress - making progress on all fronts was at the core of our work ethic.

tomthiel,

All I can say is that Thiel figured out a way to make enough progress before you left the company that I'm still using Thiel 2.2s as my main speakers more than 25 years after I bought them. (And I'm also still using the original StraightWire speaker cables that I bought way back then, too.) 

tomthiel
Now,  that is what I am talking about! You guys did mix and mingle with those early Cabling pioneers indeed. Another excellent Thiel Audio history lesson.  Along with the companies/designers mentioned, Cardas and Transparent,  are sonic matches for our beloved loudspeakers.
Happy Listening!

sdl4
Thank You for citing your loudspeaker model and corresponding speaker Cables. Are you enjoying a full loom of StraightWire across your entire system?
Happy Listening!

Hi everyone. I have been following this thread with great interest - thanks to Tom and the other very knowledgeable posters! I just brought home a beautiful pair of CS6's that I bought from a friend in Georgia (I live in Washington State) which tells you something about how much I wanted these speakers.

They sound amazingly good and are in near mint condition except for one problem. One of the woofers has a dented dust cap. About 1/3 of the dust cap is dented in. I contacted Rob Gillium (what a nice guy) and he can rebuild the woofer for $600. Again, the speakers sound great but my OCD makes me want to fix the woofer because it just bugs me. Will this damage make any difference to the sound? Could it cause the woofer to fail prematurely? Is there a good reason to spring for the 600 bucks and bring these speakers back to near perfect condition?

Any advice will be appreciated. Also, if there are any CS6 owners on the thread I would love to hear any advice you can share about setup or use of these speakers.