Thiel Owners

halifax,

A consideration worth noting is the volume of your listening room. If it's on the smaller side then by default you will rule out the CS6 as they need a little elbow room to hear their potential. 

Another consideration are amps. You mentioned bass. To drive the CS6 or even the CS 2.4 you will need amps that can push some current and Class A being at the top of that list. 

Another consideration is the upgrade path you can take on xovers with the CS2.4 which Tom Thiel has been very generous with his time to help members. You will no doubt extract more performance from this upgrade. 

I'm holding out for the upgrade xovers for the big Thiel's. 

FWIW - room size is a many-faceted thing. When we purpose built Thiel’s listening room, Jim specified a maximum size of 11,000 cubic feet. A larger room requires greater woofer excursion, which is difficult and expensive to achieve. That room works nicely with non-subwoofered models from CS2 upward. The larger Thiels didn’t over-drive that room unless really cranked. The room had 4 doors that could be opened to vent the bass if needed.

I suspect a room much larger than that one might require subwoofer support to pressureize the room and keep the woofers from flapping.

I’m off early tomorrow morning to see Bill Thalmann, pick up a pair of 2.4s and 7.2s under the guise of my niece’s wedding. I’ll report when I return next week.

Off to see Bill Thalmann?  Cool.  I was in touch with Bill about the possibility of upgrading my CJ amps.  I ended up going another way but I still may send him mine someday for a V-Cap upgrade.

tomthiel

Safe travels.  Give Bill my best.

Happy Listening!

prof

Good to see you again. The V-Cap upgrade is a must. It will transform your gear to the next level.

Happy Listening!