Thiel Owners


Guys-

I just scored a sweet pair of CS 2.4SE loudspeakers. Anyone else currently or previously owned this model?
Owners of the CS 2.4 or CS 2.7 are free to chime in as well. Thiel are excellent w/ both tubed or solid-state gear!

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
128x128jafant
1) connections on XO boards where multiple coils, resistors, and caps come together (especially joining the Litz wire to the bundle), and 2) connection to driver posts, all the more so with the Litz (but even the OEM solid core was pretty much a solder connection there).
Hi beetlemania,

Does it mean you also did swap out the stock internal xover wires?
tomthiel

Thank You for the SCD-1 update. Watch eBay weekly for Sony ES parts, especially, the SCD-1 player. Hope you can return health to your spinner.

Happy Listening!
@andy2 

The only remaining OEM are the drivers and cabinets. If I had Lexington rather than FST boards, I would have salvaged a few coils and, maybe, bypass caps.
Thanks andy2 for the cable recommendation, jafant I imagine you must have some speaker cable opinions, or maybe could share what the expected differences in outcomes would be for using Duelund 12awg based Acoustic BBQ vs Acoustic Zen's Holographic II, which uses 8awg 6N zero crystal copper?  Tube amp driving 2.3s.

thosb


I have spent time with Audioquest Mont Blanc and Volcano speaker cables. Both were excellent w/ the CS 2.4SE, CS 2.7 and CS 3.7 models.


Honorable mention goes to Audience AU24 series and Transparent Audio MM2 series all of the way up the mighty OPUS, in other non-Thiel systems,  over the years.  I have read about Acoustic Zen being a sonic match on Thiel Audio loudspeakers. Duelund is a modern favorite with the D.I.Y. crowd (I have not spent any time w/ AZ nor Duelund).


Check in over on Audio Asylum for more interpretations of Acoustic Zen and Duelund cable discussions. I can report that Copper matches the best and is worry free. Silver,  is a little more dicey on models CS 2.4 through CS 3.7 and requires careful gear consideration.

I wonder if silver is less dicey on CS 2.3, 2.2 or other vintage loudspeakers?


Happy Listening!