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
2nd Note;

I feel fortunate enough to have auditioned S/N 50/51. Those speakers had to be part of early production?

Happy Listening!
@jafant I would be very surprised if your late production SEs did not have the FST boards. Early units might have Lexington boards, Rob Gillum might be the only person who knows.

Read the following knowing that I am an insane person:

If you’re going to upgrade FST boards, my advice is pretty much replace everything. Well, on an extreme budget you might just upgrade the resistors to Mills. But the parts quality is disappointing on the FSTs. The Clarity SAs are good but even those are outpaced by the newer CSAs.

For units with Lexington boards, the parts quality is higher (those Clarity coax feed caps are the best OEM coax feeds regardless of standard or SE version, or Lexington or FST). On a budget, you might just upgrade the resistors and feed caps. Standard CS2.4 owners with Lexington boards could have something notably better than the SE version with just those “simple” changes. Even reaching higher, there are several coils and a cap or three that are worth salvaging. My extreme makeover has 3/5 coils and one bypass cap that are equivalent to Lexington. But I retained nothing whatsoever from the FST boards, not even the hookup wire and binding posts.




beetlemania

Thank You again for the follow up. Very informative information regarding the FST vs. Lexington boards. I will send a PM for further discussion.

Happy Listening!
Hi from the UK...

I have owned by Thiel 2.4s for about 8 years.

System is:
LP12, Ittok, Kore, Cirkus, RigB Audio Technical 150Sa  etc...

Consonance Ref 2.2 CD player

Croft Micro25R pre (Valves)

Musical Fidelity 550K power amps (that have been heavily modified with new PSU, masses of capacitors etc...  All done by John Sampson who was the UK Musical Fidelity Service Manager for years).  They were 500w pc into 8 ohms, 900w into 4 ohms but are way past that now.

All cables from "The Missing Link".  UK based, Mark hand makes truly special cables.
Thiel 2.4 (upgraded to SE spec thanks to Rob)

Question to the forum is where next...  

I love the music my system plays but am always looking for the 'what next'..

Ideas would be really appreciated