Thiel Owners

This probably isn't relevant, but years ago I had Thiel 3.6's driven by Muse model 175 monoblocks.  On one particular CD, a Chandos recording of Martinu piano sonatas, there was a short passage that always seemed to excite one of the tweeters, causing a clipping-like distortion (amps were far from overdriven).  No other music caused this, and the same passage on the same CD played on several other systems caused no problems.  The exact reason was never discovered.  I moved on to Proac Response 2.5's.

Hi All,

is there any place I can pick up new drivers for my Thiel CS6’s? I think all of my woofer and coaxial drivers need replacement or refurb.

please advise.

thanks!

brettmcee,

I just did the same thing purchased from Rob and have an extra set of Tweeter/mids I may part with. 
I'm going to refinish the cabinet and make them look current and new. I'm going to machine a pair of custom outriggers for them also. 

What color/finish are yours?

gs5556- yes the passive screws lock the radiator to the baffle, and must be tight. And yes, they do come loose with vibration. You might try some removable Locktite, etc. or snug them every month or curse them, but that probably won't help.

@vair68robert 
No capacitance, resistance, or inductance values were changed intentionally although my LCR meter measured some small deviations from the target values. That said, OEM caps were mostly 100V whereas the new caps range 160-630V. OEM resistors were 10W, Mills are 12W. I think one, if not both, foil coils in the feed positions were rated different AWG than OEM air cores. And the FST hookup wire appeared to be 18 gauge throughout whereas the Cardas replacements were various combinations of 18 and 15 gauge depending on in/out and coax/woofer.

Tom Thiel cautioned me to check total resistance of the boards. I did not do this before replacing the sandcast resistors but one copy of the layout I have indicates total resistance of the 2.4 coax filter should be, IIRC, 31.6 Ohms and the woofer filter is nearly a flow through. My LCR meter measured resistance, of the final boards, within 0.1 Ohms of those values.