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
Jafant,

got my cables from a long since defunct high end dealer in rochester, ny.
RCAudio. I was trusting and I must say they ha
they’ve performed very well with my 2 2s .
The main cables are 2 inch thick and heavy .

Any suggestions for cabling?

dave
" On a side note anyone spent anytime with the Lumin T2 with their Thiel’s? Starting to look at my digital/streaming front end which is quite dated."

I use a Lumin U1 (and have an NAS in the office it reads with files from) along with an EMM Labs DAC2X (version 2) with my 3.7s.  I read the files for my various back-up systems from the NAS as well.
Tom,

That would be a fantastic start to Christmas week thanks for the heads up!
Cascadephil, thanks, are you pleased with the overall sound from the U1 through the 3.7’s? I am considering the U1 with a separate DAC as well for cost reasons but the one solution box of the T2  is attractive if I am understanding the differences correctly.
Yes the T2 is supposedly the sweet spot in the line.  I had the DAC (bought it used as version 1 and sent it to EMM Labs to get upgraded to version 2) already.  So for me it was an easy decision and I bought the U1 lightly used.  Was already using the NAS with a small fanless PC with JRiver as well.  So when I bought the U1 I just installed Minimserver on the NAS and have been using it ever since.
Hi Jafant,

Current goodies feeding the Thiels: VPI HW-19 Mk4 TNT, and SME IV.5i arm, both with various DIY hot rodding mods**; Soundsmith Strain Gage cartridge and pre-amp; Marantz CDR510 CD; Some HiRes digital files on the Mac, through JRiver Media Center S/W; Nelson Pass Adcom GFP-750 passive pre; Ric Schulz EVS modded Behringer DCX2496 for subs Xover and time alignment parameters only; PS Audio Stellar M1200 power amps; Thiel 3.7 mains and Thiel SS1 subs; Cables a mixture of Audioquest and Cardas; Aux reference: Stax Lambda Pro phones.
(**some mods documented in detail on AudioCircle — links available on request)

Yours, John