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thieliste - I don't think so. The only components of real concern are the electrolytic caps. Thiel used high-performance, high-temperature, long-life Ecaps with a normal use horizon of 40 years. 'Normal' is a slippery target, but Rob has said the only failed caps he's seen are in conjunction with mis-use of some king. 

You have bypassed 3x100uF 'lytics in the midrange resonance shunt. You also have a bypassed 75uF 'lytic in the tweeter shunt circuit. Replacing that one with a good PP would probably produce some sonic upgrade.

There were 2 revisions for the 3.7, rev1: 12jan08, rev2: 9dec08. So yours would be final form.

Excellent guidance and information for CS 3.7 loudspeakers, Guys.

Happy Listening!

Enjoy Record Store Day -All

@improvedsound - what a lovely playback system you have! I am honored to have Thiel speakers in such sophisticated company. I'm not sure how much knowledge there is about Antelope and Merging in the American hi-fi marketplace. I love them from the world of high-end recording. I especially appreciate the Merging converter due to its roots in the Nagra DAT technology, which I used heavily around Y2K when high resolution audio was in its infancy. We chose 24bit/ 88.2kHz because Redbook 44.1kHz rendered more cleanly with the simple 2X math. Anyhow, I love your gear and wish that you might talk about how you approached your 2.4 upgrade, what you learned and what you achieved. Thank you.

1: Hang the crossover on the outside/back of the cabinet

Interesting! That would have been useful when I was making all those comparisons. But I would still need binding posts for my Cardas spades. Oh, well, I ended my journey in a great place 🤗