Thiel Owners

Thanks, Tom Thiel, for your experienced and insightful response.

I have heard the sounds of Barkhausen noise generated by the rapid change in magnetic fields. I know this firsthand in my use and experiments with magnetic materials, varying field strength and geometric shapes within prototypes of my products for acoustic instruments.  

I will take what I learned in close quarters about my devices for acoustic instruments and expand into this speaker project. Hope it is no deeper than a rabbit hole and less than a Minute Man Silo.  Still learning after all these years. TomD

Tom, I'm glad you've experiened Barkhausen noise - it is baffling on first encounter. Actually hearing effects from change of state electron spin is mind-boggling, until you grasp that the audio cortex can hear practically everything. My first exposure was in developing an electric pickup for acoustic instruments which sense geo-location of the string rather than acceleration or electromagnetic changes. We worked it out and the insights gained have remained, as yours have with you.

Isn't audio a trip?

Hi fellow Thiel owners,

Finally, with a help of a very good and close friend (who is the previous owner of the Thiel CS 2.7), we managed to replace the previous pair of coaxial drivers with the newer pair of coaxial drivers from Rob, Coherent Source.

At this point of posting, I had them running in with my music playlist for about 8 hours continuously now and at approximately -6 dB from my usual listening volume.

I am happy to share with you all that these newer pairs of coaxial drivers sing more lively, more unveiling, transparent, yet almost laser-focused imaging in a 3-dimensional soundstage. I cannot wait to hear how it sounds after clocking in more hours on these.

Hey guys, I just was gifted a set of CS3.6 speakers from a neighbor who was cleaning out their garage and didn’t want them. But now I’m finding out I’ll probably have to pay thousands to get the proper power amp and pre-amp. I’ve been reading up on amps the past few days and I’m overwhelmed by the options. My current modest sound setup is a Sansui G7500, Boston Acoustic A70s and B&O Beogram 1700 turntable. All are hardly audiophile. Any friendly, cost-effective advice? Obviously I could sell the Thiels but I’ve heard such great things about them. Hmmm…

Hello everyone,

I'm a new owner to a pair of CS2 speakers.  I need to replace the rubber surrounds asap as there is cracking and gaps.  Has anyone done this without removing the woofer? I removed the 4 screws but this woofer will not budge, I don't want to damage anything.

Thanks for any help