Thiel Owners

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

2nd Note;
In today's business and manufacturing climate (secretly sourcing to china) for many of these Audio companies, I venture to say, it may not be a bad thing to own older cables and power cords.

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Although I and Kathy were integrally part of the early decisions, directions and perspectives, it was Jim who took the bit in his teeth to create the electro-acoustic solutions. And he got better and better. My chief contribution was building a company and creating a manufacturing platform and capacity to support and manufacture Jim's designs. A manufacturing company defines itself by what it can actually accomplish as well as the designs it sets out to make. Our plant could make things with high precision and repeatability at low cost, which allowed fairly sophisticated designs to be translated into real world products at affordable prices. Additionally, I developed a very capable "project shop" for in-house prototyping, including hydro-spinning cones, machining motor assemblies, making production tooling and producing finished products, troubleshot and production-ready. In my travels, I've never seen anything like it, especially at such a small scale. Thiel remained under $10million / year with 50 or fewer employees. That's tiny for our high level of vertical integration.