Thiel Owners

duramax747

Very nice! Quite a speaker collection. Always good to see a fellow 2.4SE owner. What are the Serial Numbers (S/N) ?

Equally nice is to read about Disc spinners -Wadia and Esoteric.
Which models? There is no such thing as being "behind". Certain vintage gear still stands up very well in 2021.
I am a disc-spinner Owner for life !

Happy Listening!

2nd Note;

a pair of CS 2.7 loudspeakers  in Piano White are very rare. Nice score!

Happy Listening!

jafant

I'll check the CS 2.4SE for numbers. I'm assuming your curiosity is the early numbers were made here in US and later runs were sourced elsewhere?
The white CS 2.7 in piano white are by far my favorite in terms of aesthetics. They are beautiful.
So much so I bought brand new drivers and grill screens for my CS6 from Rob as I'm planning on breaking the speaker down and sand cabinets.

Once sanded, including the baffles, I'll have the cabinets painted a Lamborghini Reventon Grey and baffles done in matte black.

I'm in professional motorsports so getting automotive paint and highly skilled professionals to do the work is pick of the litter. 

Send me your email and Ill send photos of the piano white CS2.7 if you'd like. 

I’m assuming your curiosity is the early numbers were made here in US and later runs were sourced elsewhere?

(partly speculative but also based on information from Tom Thiel and my own SEs)

The 2.4SE debuted circa 2008. By this time, 2.4 crossovers were outsourced to China. An easy check is to pop out a passive radiator and look for Masonite point-to-point (Lexington built) or fiberglass printed circuit boards (China). Other than the SE prototype(s), it seems all SEs have Chinese crossovers with metalized polyester caps rather than polypropylene. Of course, the coax feed caps are those Clarity SAs which are the real deal (albeit surpassed by ESA, then CSA, and now Tom has announced an even further refined version).

Important to note that driver fabrication (and final assembly) for the SEs continued in Lexington. Jim Thiel, IMO, designed some of the very best drivers out there. Surpassed appreciably only by modern stuff like the Vandersteen carbon diaphragms and various “diamond” tweeters.

I will remove this weekend and confirm. 

I've been out of the loop concerning audio for a bit so is this SE further crossover/cap upgrade in this thread?