Thiel Owners

Thank you jafant and tomthiel. THE Tom Thiel? Wow! Excuse me for being so green. Here is a little more detail on how I ended up here:

My first set of CS 2.3 is 23 years old. I thought about buying newer and better speakers. I went to Rockport dealers to listen to their entry and high end models. They were excellent speakers, but surprisingly they did not impress me as being far better than CS 2.3 despite their astronomical prices. I came away from those auditions far more impressed with the quality of Thiel still comparing so well against new and ultra expensive speakers. That’s how I ended up getting the second set of CS 2.3 for a secondary residence, which apparently was over driven and had fried drivers. Turns out the eBay seller of the drivers has the instructions for updating the crossovers.

Thank you tomthiel for making such a wonderful product that truly stands the test of time. By the way, I have the chance to get a pair of CS 6. Are they significantly better than CS 2.3?

vm1 - Thank you for your kind words. We did indeed hope to create speakers to bring musical enjoyment for a long, long time.

Regarding the CS6, there is lots of good information in this thread, some quite recent. In broad terms, Thiel was a cost-plus operation, what you paid reflected what went into the product with old-fashioned (tight) margins. If the CS6 sold for double the CS2.3, it had twice the manufacturing costs (simplified model.) The model includes having twice the budget for amplification to support the larger speakers. And a larger room . . .  Supporting a CS6 purchase is much costlier than the 2.3.

Tom,

"Supporting a CS6 purchase is much costlier than the 2.3."

I can bare witness to the truth in that statement. 

This guys has a serious rig for his 7.2s :

duramax747

Besides Pass Labs power amps, what other gear/cabling is in your system?

Happy Listening!