Thiel Owners

Hi all,

I have an opportunity to purchase a pair of Thiel Model 02's. Do these have foam or rubber surrounds... I've found online info that suggests it could be either ?

How do I be sure the drivers are original without removing them from the cabinets ? Speaker serial numbers are in the mid 300's.  Thank you.

foamcutter - your best source of further information is Gary Dayton at Coherent Source Service.

The model 02 woofer had a rubber surround on a paper cone. It was made by GEFCO of Illinois.

Woofer: Gefco 4829 6.5” 6 ohm 1” aluminum former

Tweeter: Peerless KO 10DT 8 ohm

Second Thiel speaker released in autumn 1976 at $220 / pair

@duramax747

I aacpt your offer. What part of NC are you loctaed in?

Sorry for the late reply, I've been in Phoenix all week at a conference. I'm actually in West Virginia just outside of Washington D.C., sending you a PM to continue the discussion. 

Thank you Tom I appreciate it. 

I drove to audition the 02's.  They sounded good but the cabinets showed more damage to the wood veneer than I was comfortable with so I did not purchase them. So I drove another hour and auditioned a really nice set of CS2.2 which I'm just getting setup in my listening room.

I have been enjoying my Thiel CS.5 from time to time, as I roll several components along the year, but they have been a bit forgotten by the arrival of the Magnepan LRS+, little more than a year ago.

The CS.5 sounded very good powered by the Vincent SV-237MK, Rogue Sphinx v1 (both already sold) and specially engaging with the Naim 122x / Fc2x / 150x (a surprise!).

Some months ago, the Kinki Studio EX-P7 and EX-M7 pre-power combo came to elevate the system’s performance to a new level, in every aspect. This was with the Totem Model and the LRS+.

Then, a week a go, it was time to give place to CS.5 and my jaw immediately dropped! I have never listened to this level of quality from the little Thiels! My lord! The imaging, soundstage, depth and percussion realism is like a miracle: the speakers totally vanished (like never before) presenting a huge sound, well balanced, palpable and hugely engaging. No trace of sibilance of fatiguing…

Of corse, like with the Totem or Magnepan, a REL Stampede 5 helps in the low frequencies department, but in a perfectly non-perceptive way.

Kudos to Thiel (what a quality product! They perform and look like new!)…and also to Kinki Studio :)