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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esprits4s,

Noted. Right now I have one of a few different models. I would like to get 2-3 of a model as it will distribute the cost of CAD/Modeling, Programming, and initial set up time amongst a few parts cutting the cost down per unit. 
Thiel never made outriggers for CS3.6, CS5, CS 5i, CS6, CS 7,  and CS7.2 so I assumed members with these models would have wanted a set of outriggers.

I'm keeping a list and those who have reached out and will move forward when the quantity for each model allows me to proceed and keep cost down. 

Thx


@duramax747
Sorry for my ignorance lol but I’ve never seen these outriggers you are mentioning about. Do you have any pics for reference? I have 1.2, 2.2 and 3.5
I received almost enough f10 wool felt to line 1 of my speakers. Really nice product thru Zorro. Took a couple of hours to cut amd fashion the wool around driver openings and the internal port tube. Used spray adhesive to secure all the pieces.

Tom Thiel if your watching.
I could remove the internal 6.5 in long port tube as it by placement must generate a negative influence on air pressure and and increase internal turbulence. I could extend the port length out the back of this design for my room only.Be pretty much a straight shot out the back behind the tweeter location. Your experience on this idea? Might be to ugly for even me and my dedicated room. But sound comes first..Tom
Tom - highly congested territory with more questions than answers. I have been working with turbulent / laminar flow for a couple of years now. I suggest you experiment with an open mind, since there is much more to the area than first appears. As a point of Thiel history, these multi-faceted problems of ports led Jim to migrate to passive radiators rather than ports. Note the model 1 which leap-frogged from ports to radiators, landing on that long, slotted low-turbulence port on the 1.6.

There are too many issues to address here, but note that taking the port outboard exacerbates the problems of coupling the port’s output to the surrounding air. The baffle flush with the port end serves to support that transition. Moving your port outboard may reduce some internal turbulence, but at the expense of increased outboard turbulence.

One thing I’ve learned is that the surface turbulences are audible, that they affect the full-range sound, not just the bass tuning frequencies, and that the particulars of the baffle surfaces surrounding the port have audible effects.

I don’t know how that coin-toss of internal vs external would land. Please keep us posted about anything you learn.