Thiel Owners

prof
Nice catch. I would like to see oblgny score these as he is in NY.

Happy Listening!

I loved hearing more detail on specifics of upgrades Tom and others? have been working on, very interesting, made me want to pull off one the passive radiators my self and have a look.

Wow Prof those 2.7's in birds eye maple are a fantastic deal,  I have a question. what others thought of cs6 and where they may differ from the 2.7 & 3.7 that I have and plan to keep forever. I found a pair on ebay link is below. or am I better off grabbing the 2.7 and run them with tube gear which will be different than how I have my existing 2.7 set up.

Thank you for your input.  Dan

https://www.ebay.com/itm/THIEL-CS6-Coherent-Source-3-Way-Speaker-in-Birds-Eye-Maple-Local-Pickup-Onl...

If you do not want to wait for the auction to end, the Thiel 2.7s are also listed on US Audiomart for $3495.

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649470737-thiel-audio-cs-27-birdseye-maple-10k-msrp/

Has anyone compared between these two?  What would be the difference in sound between the CS2.4 and CS2.7?  They seem to have similar bass driver, but the mid and tweeter are completely different.

Dan, I don't have a buy recommendation, but I might add some perspective. The 2.7 is the newest design and shares the wavy plate coax with the 3.7 - which is Jim's world-class, swan-song breakthrough. A company could be built on that driver. That said, the 2.7 will move perhaps half the air of the 6 (anyone could do the math, I have not. Calculate comparative driver areas including the passive radiators). The 2.7 also shares the curved plywood walls of the 3.7.  It operates closer to the 3 more-so than previous model 2s.

The CS6 is larger and fills a larger space. I was told at the factory that Jim considered the 6 a better speaker in some ways than the 3.7. Thiel discontinued it for a leaner product line as they struggled to contain costs. The CS6 has fewer electrolytic caps and none in the signal path, and is on our upgrade radar before the 3.7 or 2.7. Rob Gillum would know if the particular serial numbers are the original 6 or the 6.1, and what changes were made. (And you could tell us those details.)

Happy Hunting.