Waterlogged Thiel CS-3.6


I have been the unfortunate victim of flooding and one of my Thiel CS-3.6 cabinets has been completely destroyed. It has sucked water and swelled destroying the veneer, MDF and all the joints in the speaker. The crossovers are undamaged. I have contacted Thiel, sent pictures and they basically indicated that I would need a new cabinet, this one was not salvageable. Dawn did some looking for me and the have a pair of near mint cabinets in cherry and would charge me $2000 for a full swap of the crossovers, drivers etc.

I cannot decide whether to part out the tweeters, drivers, grills (like new) and the crossovers? They are excellent speakers, but don't know if it’s worth it for 18 year old speakers. Dawn explained they do not produce any of the drivers offered for the 3.6, so they are rather expensive to come by, especially the tweeters.

Recommendations or comments? Or would anyone be interested in the parts? I really don’t know what to do.

Thanks
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Have you considered buying a pair of used 3.6's for less than $2K, keeping the one good one you still have, and putting together a rather nice surround sound system down the road? The damaged one you have, could be used for back up parts.
Unsound, if I only had the room! It would cool to set an all Thiel 5.1! I am going to list them as-is on here and eBay, 2 tweeters for the CS7 just sold on eBay for good money, since none of the drivers are available through Thiel any longer, there may be some interest from someone on purchasing them for parts.
UPDATE: Sold all the drivers and crossovers to a nice fellow, have one good cabinet and two grills in perfect condition if anyone is looking for something send me a message and I will be happy to help you out.
You didn't, by chance, have a pair of Sound Anchors stands for those 3.6s did you? Thanks.

Jon
Jon,

I did not, wish I would have, then I wouldn't have had flood damage. I priced some from Sound Anchor for my CS3s, they were not too expensive from what I remember. Enjoy your Thiels!

Travis
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