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!
Jafant, someone bought the company very shortly before he passed away. Nothing seem to come from the company after that. John Dunlavy like Jim Thiel were such driving forces and as we have observed, very hard to replace. Most of the Dunlavy's were very large, and despite amazing performance, that might have been a challenge in the marketplace. John Dunlavy told me he was very excited about future projects before his health took a turn for the worse.
Jafant - Seeing your Thiels in your system picture they look lonesome . No wires even attached . If it were me i would have to hook something up to hear the great sounds the Thiels have to offer . Even a cheap integrated or receiver . Just me . You must have an alternative source of listening to music that tides you over . Hope your search comes to an end quickly . Life is short.
I'm in the same boat as you Jafant. My wife and I purchased a beautiful pice of property that we plan on building a house on. It came with a small cottage that we remodeled and now live in until the new house gets built. Due to the smaller rooms I had to sell of my system (except for the speakers I will never part with) and downsized to an integrated amp/sonos/dac.
One day I plan to put more than one system in this house but in the meantime I have been having fun trying different integrated amps/dacs etc. As maplegrove said above there is no way I would be able to have my speakers and not be able to listen to them.
Anyway since you asked about my system here is where it stands today:
Classic 6.6 (chinese junk) dual mono integrated amp with as good or better build quality than many amps I have owned or seen. I was turned on to this amp by the owner of Ginko Audio.
Speaker Art Super Clefs with custom Lee Taylor cabinets. Some of the best two way stand mounts out there with better bass than many floorstanders i've owned
Currently using a Grant Fidelity Dac (more chinese junk) but that will most likely change soon.
Jafant, I have the cj MF5600 and some Kimber I'm not using. It's 5 channel but you can use only two if you are interested. No extra preamp though unless pre-pro. I don't see where I can message you solely.... Keep it for a year if you want.
Bravo Robin! What do you have to lose? Just for fun I took my piece of Chinese junk over to a friends and compared it to three other integrateds that cost between 4 and 15 times what mine did on his Legacy speakers. I have to say the little beast from the east didn't embarrass itself, actually held its own rather well. If you want to borrow this one too just say the word.
Hi guys, Ypsilon's distributor called me today to tell me that he is coming down to a client's place to demo the Aelius II monoblocks on his Maggies 20.7 Knowing that i'm interested in Ypsilon gear he proposed me to demo the Aelius ll in my home with my CS 3.7. I'm pretty excited to hear what these awsome hybrid monoblocks can do whith my Thiels. He will bring a Nagra Jazz preamp and we'll use my Hegel HD12 DAC to stream high res files. This should take place jan 14th.
as we enter into the Christmas weekend, careful travels to you guys. It is a time for family, friends, good music and even better food. I am especially grateful for the many blessings daily.
Merry Chrisrmas to you all. I've enjoyed following this thread since I saw it featured on A'gon. It was I to whom Mike sold his 2.4s and I've enjoyed not only the speakers immensely, but sharing in his quest to find new Thiels and upgrade his system to them. I added the SS1sub and had Robb modify a Thiel passive crossover for the 2.4. Yes,Robb is great to talk to and who will be the go-to guy if he retires? For example, he highly recommended the 2.7 (which they were selling on eBay) over the 2.4 because of the new dual driver that he called the best that Jim Thiel had ever designed, and warned me they had no replacement amps for the SS1 until a new sub in the works comes out. I had looked at the Thiels 5is that Mike traded to a guy in San Antonio and concluded what Mike learned the hard way and you've all confirmed; the speaker price is little compared to the cost of driving them. I'll probably go back to being a fly on the wall but wanted to wish everyone a great holiday. Bob
Janfant, my system is quite modest compared to all of those here. A Prima Luna preamp and amp to drive the study speakers which are PSB Imagine Bs and a Phase Linear 700 Series II rebuilt with White Oak innards and speaker protection. Sources my rebuilt B & O 8002 turntable with Jolida tube phone stage and a McIntosh MCD7008 changer or an Exemplar modded Oppo for SACD. The Mac plays through a Schiit Multibit Gundnir DAC. i have nothing fancier than low oxygen gold plated interconnects and financial focus is now on final upgrades to house before I retire later this year. i do enjoy a record collection of rock albums dating back to the late 60s and have always had the best turntable I could afford so most are in better condition than I've found recent purchases rated mint or near mint to be. my tastes of late have been more to jazz and I swear the Thiels were designed for reproducing saxophone music. 'My biggest drawback is that out house layout and my work habits dictate the the stereo rack be in the study (14 x 16) that the Imagines serve well) while my cables to the Thiels require a 30+ foot run. The Thiels fill an open living/dining are with high ceiling to open 2nd floor hallway while barely stressing the amp. Even with the White Oak rebuild, I'm conscious of the Flame Linear history and have a cooling fan directed at the heatsink with a thermal sensor hanging above it set for 78 degrees and it only kicks in if the room becomes warm from the living room fireplace. It's capable of almost 500 wpc but I wouldn't trust it to double down twice to power something like the Thiel 5s without over heating. Almost all has been put together used. I'm more than happy with the 2.4s but might ask Robb's advice on upgrading the crossovers. Most likely I'll do nothing except in the unlikely event Mike decides to sell the 6s or another pair of 6s or 7s comes available. im curious about how the 7 series compares as former top of the line to the CS6.
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