Thiel Owners

Hi All - thanks for responding, not even sure my CS 1.2's need a re-cap, just that it's been 30 years. Thought some might have cooked up a formula for installing new transistors at home, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Hoping I don't need to ship them out for work, and they may need nothing. So how do the electronics in Thiels generally hold up over time, and is it better to leave well enough alone?  

Thiel placed focused attention on product longevity. The caps are high-temperature / long life, and resistors and coil are (practically) immortal. Driver tinsel leads might eventually fatigue and fail, but in the absence of extreme use or upstream problems, they rarely fail. I have 01s from 1980 still intact.

For peace of mind you might pull the woofers and look around.

@prof Yes i agree directly on the carpet without the carpet spikes is much better but i still prefer the original Thiel spikes vs the Gaia 2s overall, bass is much better in my case without the Gaia 2s.

A friend of mine told me to try the Gaia 2 on granite before making a final decision.

I will give this a try and if no positive results i will send them back.

thieliste

Thank you for an initial report on IsoAcoustics Gaia footers.

Happy Listening!

prof

Thank you for the follow up to Gaia 2 footers as well.

Happy Listening!