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Thiel Owners

Guys-

I just scored a sweet pair of CS 2.4SE loudspeakers. Anyone else currently or previously owned this model?
Owners of the CS 2.4 or CS 2.7 are free to chime in as well. Thiel are excellent w/ both tubed or solid-state gear!

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
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tomthiel
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Cabinet leak is a good idea. External is unlikely unless there has been cabinet damage. Loose driver screws could cause a leak. Also between the large/woofer enclosure and the 6" midrange tube enclosure. Check that by pressing the midrange and seeing if the woofer / passive radiator move.

vair68robert
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I don't know if latex caulking was used on the 2.2 but if you find a leak you will have to remove it and then reseal it .

Also I would suggest placing the speaker on it's back with the speakers facing up , this will allow you to see if there is a large or small leak . 

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Happy Friday! All

theaudiotweak
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Tom Thiel did you or your brother Jim ever study or observe any benefit of the structural placement of driver's or port tubes as they relate to laminar flow inside of a speaker cabinet. Are there any published studies on turbulence generated by internal cabinet shape or attached support obstacles? TomD

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theaudiotweak - Tom, I don't remember ever studying port position. When we were developing our knowledge base, the opinions, even among the academic / gurus was wide and varied and often contradictory. We found that ports placed near boundaries, such as a baffle corner, exhibited more turbulence evidenced by misbehavior in its upper rollout. Best results were with the port placed as close as practical to the woofer, with no insulation between them. The biggest deal turned out to me the port terminations. Roundover entry and exit works well. Take a look at the SCS4 and its graphed performance. Two ports reduce flow to half. The external opening is a tractrix horn and the internal tube gains diameter going toward its inside terminus. I've never seen a quieter port.

Rob says that geometry was Jim's original work.

My work with Doug has further reduced turbulence by addressing surface propagation boundary effects. The improvements are significant.

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