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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Re: Wilson Audio, IMO, their cabinets are some of the best out there although I’m not a fan of the drivers. I’ve heard MAXX, W/P 7 and 8, and Sasha. One thing they maybe do better than any any other I’ve heard is create a sense of hall space on live recordings. It’s cool to listen to but it might be a coloration from the Wilson midbass hump?

They are good speakers, IMO, but you can do as well or better for less money elsewhere. I would choose my modded 2.4s (or 7.2 or 3.7) over the Wilsons I’ve heard.

@tomthiel

Thank you for your appreciation. My interest in high-end professional digital sources began twenty years ago. In my opinion, Merging is a point of no return. I can wright a lot about it, but I don’t want to go off topic.


Back to my updated CS2.4, I would like to spent some word about its. Saturday, for a few hours I listened they and I can say that I was very impressed.
- Resolution
- Holography,
- Sound more clear and cleaning,
- Naturalness,
- Linearity,
- Pleasure of listening
,  leaved me speechless.


Every parameter of my beloved loudspeakers, that I know as the lining of my pockets, it was improved.


Really!
I didn’t think I would get such a result.
All this improvement I checked it out with only 15 hours of work.

What will happen in 100 hours of sound?

It was a hard work, but it was worth it.
My system has taken impoprtant jump forward in quality .
With these results, I bless every penny spent.

My upgrade consist in:

Outboard Crossover.

In the picture the cabinets inspired on the CS 2.4 design

All caps replacement.

For the coax I mixed Clarity Caps CSA 250V with Jantzen Alumen Z-Cap and Miflex KPCU 03 250V 0.1uF. While for the woofer, Clarity Caps + Miflex KPCU 03 250V 0.33uF

 

All resistor replacement with Mills MRA12. I paid particular attention to 16 and 30 Ohm resistors by inventing two passive coolers for them. As you can see, I inserted a thermal pad between the aluminum and the resistor in order to dampen the vibrations and isolate the contact with the aluminum.

I kept all the genuine coils.

I tried replacing them with Jantzen wax coils and the Cross Coil, but I got a bad result. The sound had worsened, distorting the CS2.4 sound characteristics.

As regards the components running-in and the relative improve sound, I will update you. 🙂

tomthiel

 

Correction : Original WAMM 1 loudspeaker .

via YouTube.

 

Happy Listening!

JA - I figured out the WAMM part, but jumped to the WATT because I had a little experience with it, but not the WAMM. Have you ever heard a setup?