Thiel Owners

1500 pairs of 2.7s !  

My serial #s are 329 & 330 , If I remember correctly prof have #'s slightly higher and those  have been the highest #s I've seen on this forum .  I wonder where the rest of the owners are ?

One major thing I've discovered about the 2.7s is the the crossovers deviated from Jim's philosophy of keeping the capacitors maximum at 100uf . I keep wondering why this was allowed , why the 3.7 coax board was not modified and the 2.4's woofer board was not modified for the 2.7 cabinet ?

PartsConnexion should be offering the Purity line of caps by July .

Rob - I have likewise not heard of any high 2.7 serial numbers. Rob gave me the 1500 pair figure and I take it on his word. I do know that by that time Thiel’s export markets were stronger than domestic. We’ll see what surfaces as time goes on.

Yes, that 400uF electrolytic cap in the midrange feed is not Jim Thiel - never done. As a fly on the wall, I gathered that there were ongoing struggles between Home Team Thiel and Warkwyn who ’knew best’. New ’finalized’ samples would come from Toronto with persisting failures to honor such requests. When their tab hit $250K, Kathy pulled the plug and began production. New Thiel didn’t deem it worth the trouble to make future changes.

Regarding 3.7 vs 2.7, I see almost every value changed for the 2.7. Circuitry layouts are similar in that the same basic resonances are being compensated. But there are significant differences and no shared component values between the three models' crossovers.

I’ve heard the models 3.7 and 2.7 only once at Thiel’s music room September 2012. I was overjoyed by the performance of both, especially the 3.7. What a Swan Song.

Hi guys, bad news for me, i have one bass driver on my CS 3.7s that suddenly stopped working and the Coax is sizzling.

There is no more sound coming from this bass driver, any idea if it's dead and should i order a new one ?

My 3.7s are about 12 years old.

Thanks for your help.

thieliste

Yes. Consult Rob at CSS for Bass driver and sizzling Coax.

Happy Listening!

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