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!
jafant

Showing 4 responses by fsgattuso

Thanks for the replies. To Unsound, I I just placed these 1.5s back in after a 6 year break. In 2016 both tweeters blew. I was using a vintage Dyneco amp and just turned it up too high. I decided to place on the side and replace with Tekton Lore. Very different sound. I was recently had the tweeters rebuilt and although there is less bass than the Lores the 1.5s have a much more pleasing midrange. I saw a pair of 2.7s for sale on Ebay for a good price but they have a 100 watt minimum amp requirement. I'm runningba Prima Luna Dialougue HP at 70 watts. So that's why I'm considering subwoofers. 

Does anyone have experience matching a subwoofer to 1.5s? They get down to 42hz but I now have them in a large room so missing some bass.  I removed the grill recently and saw the 6.5 inch woofer working so hard it looked like it was going to bounce out of the cabinet so I thought crossing over above 42 would make sense to take some strain off the small woofer. I've read about the Thiel subs but they are hard to find and expensive. I've spoken to REL and they recommended the T7, a pair even. I'm concerned about timing in matching with Thiel but I've read articles that say subs can easily integrate if set up correctly and there are videos for this. All thoughts and experiences are welcome and appreciated.

As long as we are discussing the 1.5s I'll tell my story. I bought a pair in 1996 for my for my Queens, NY apartment. Used them through 2016 in different homes with different ss amps, always sounded great. In 2016 I moved again and the listening room is much larger with a vaulted ceiling. Also I'm using 60 watt vintage Dynamo mono blocks. I'm out one day and my wife wanted a little more volume and she blows both tweeters. They can't be pushed, I'd done it myself in the past. So I retire them and buy a pair of Tekton Lore, a larger speaker with 95 dbl sensitivity so better for my space I thought. So now we are in 2022 and I had replaced the Dynaco with a Prima Luna HP Dialouge, 72 watts. I'm thinking about what to do with the 1.5s in my basement with the blown tweeters. I settle on having them rebuilt by our friend in Lexington. I reinstall them and decide to give them a listen. So glad I did! The Prima Luna pairs great with them! The Orima Luna modern tube sound isn't like vintage tube, more like ss but with a very liquid midrange still. That's where the 1.5s outshine the Lores. Midrange is perfect. To address the bass in my large space I just added a sub from Rythmik Audio. It integrates nicely from the sub our on the Prima Luna because it has a full signal going out, so I was told. Now I have a beautifulfull sound after all these years with these little 1.5s. Lores are now in boxes in the basement. 

Other equipment is Rega P3 for vinyl, Lumin D2 for streaming, Muse CD player, Nordost Red Dawn IC and speaker cables.