Thiel Owners

bobscliff

Excellent! keep me posted as you massage the Nova 300 into your room/system.

Stay tuned until 1 of the Panel members chimes in about repairing Midrange surround.

Happy Listening!

bobschliff - email Rob Gillum at Coherent Source Service. He knows.

unsound - that self-surround does break down over time. At the time we were trying to minimize the standing wave reflections and non-linearities between the cone and surround as well as ultraviolet deterioration of soft plastics. It worked well when new, and held up pretty well. Natural rubber turned out better.

Those woofers are bomb-proof, rarely fail in use.

@vair68robert My Sota doesn't have the vacuum hold down.  Maybe someday.  I use Sota's reflex clamp, which is good, but not as good as holding down the edges of the record.  Prior to the Sota I had a VPI Classic 2 and their periphery ring.  I initially had a hard time paying what I did for a big metal ring, but it was very effective and worth every penny.

bobscliff   check out speakerworks  they have a good video on repairing speakers .

big_greg. I have a Merrill Heirloom TT with an outer clamping ring and I think it makes a big difference , I am surprised that there aren't more TTs with either an outer ring or vacuum hold down . 

As for your 3.6s. have you thought of rebuilding/upgrading your crossovers ?