Thiel Owners

jazzman7

Good to read that we have another CS 2.4 owner among the Panel.
A Thiel loudspeaker makes a special gift indeed. Your Son is in for a musical treat.

Happy Listening!

@tomthiel Wow, that CS .5 decay plot is super clean! I would not expect a paper cone to do that!

Just FYI - Looks like Madisound has started carrying replacement drivers from Seas.

Only saw two there, but worth checking out. A titanium tweeter and a mid-woofer.

Beetle - I agree, one would not expect a paper cone to act that way. But it isn't truly a paper cone, but a multi-fiber cone with cellulose as one of the fibers. Jim developed that driver for the CS1.5 in parallel with another more expensive solution, which was chosen. I understand that the CS.5 was created to make use of that woofer.
And that decay plot also speaks to the solidity of the cabinet. Small is beautiful.

Dspr- regarding the CS5 vs CS5i. The late 80s was when Jim was exploring electro-magnetic field effects for higher resolution driver motors. Thiel developed new magnet and pole piece geometries which were applied to the CS5 midranges, woofers and sub-woofers. Also, the mass loading of the subs was changed from rubber mats to a central plug. The global result of the new motor geometries was greater definition and articulation through the lower and mid ranges. Unchanged were the upper midrange and tweeter, and no crossover changes were required.

Rob has driver rebuild parts, which are universal for 5 and 5i.ScanSpeak no longer makes those Thiel drivers.
I remember a marked improvement in articulation / resolution in the CS5i, but the impedance requirements and resulting amplification requirements remained unchanged.