Thiel Owners

jafant:  No, but I sold them to a neighbor in NJ who has since moved here in Williamsburg, so I get to visit them from time to time.  Still nice speakers, though had I the money at the time I would have gotten the 3.5s.

It's nice to see Tom Thiel on this forum.  The CS3s were the first real high end components I owned, and my wife objected to the light teak finish (she also thought they were too big, so imagine how she felt when I replaced them with Duntech Princesses!), so I called Thiel to see if it was possible to stain them darker.  I spoke with Tom, who told me it wouldn't be very successful, and sending them back for a new veneer wouldn't be cost effective (he ultimately suggested tongue in cheek that I just get CS 3.5s in rosewood finish).  Tom's woodworking on the speakers was immaculate--the grains were beautifully matched.  An extremely well designed and made product--I'm sad to see it gone.