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There are a few posts with 2.3, 2.4 and Rob being mentioned. I had the coincident drivers in my 2.3i rebuilt by Rob twice - 2006 and 2017. In 2006 they did came back great. However something remarkable happened in the 2017 rebuild - they came back sounding so much better that I was stunned. Everything we love about Thiels became turbocharged and in addition there was now a body and richness to the sound that makes vocals and violin scarily realistic. I encourage 2.3/2.4 owners who might be thinking about an easy upgrade to give him a call. |
asiaaudiosoc I have both 2.3 and 2.4 for some time now. I’ve had my 2.3 coaxes replaced once (while real Thiel was still in business and they had production coaxes stocked), and 2.4 coaxes replaced several times. The most-recent replacements were soon after Rob was up and running. The sound improvement was substantial. Rob explained this as his rebuilding them by hand as a matched pair with more attention to detail than what they could achieve in a semi-mass production flow; the big improvements in adhesives since then; and some of his ’secret sauce’ in minor build improvements to the driver that improve its performance without altering its specifications. (surrounds? mid/tweet decoupler? tweeter dome? spider design? voice coil wire?) So yes, I can confirm your observations. Now I want to see if the same magic can be applied to the sonically ’challenged’ 2.3 drivers! |
Maybe something here for those dodging the cold the snowflakes and the latest covid variant... a way to pass the time with a deeper look into this hobby. Found this while searching for an illustration of multiple velocity stacks that could be applied to a new speaker design. Tom Dan Russell's Acoustics and Vibration Animations (psu.edu) |
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