Thiel Owners

Hi @jafant , appreciate the warm welcome and you have been moderating a great topic!  Make any changes to your 2.4 SE's?  I'll share more on musical tastes and system in the next few evenings after work.

Thanks for the correction @vair68robert!  I should have said series (Rt = R1+Rn) vs parallel with just 2 resistors as the site you link pointed out Rt = R1*R2/(R1+R2).  You are right about capacitor sizes which was reenforced looking at @beetlemania crossover pictures.  The switch to Masonite seemed to be required at some point for film capacitors and perhaps even for the resistor switch using the 2 resistors you kindly provided or the 2x8ohm I have.  As @tomthiel said, is "not so simple" and my mind hasn't quite fully realized yet.  Quite a lot to learn. 

Hi @tomthiel, I appreciate the information and clarity.  The project with duramax747 will certainly be of interest as I don't have a clear understanding of the desired end scope.  The new layout scheme, ClarityCap PUR and more learnings along the way would be good to know before going too much farther with the build.  

Frankly, my technical knowledge is being relearned from a job building magnetic card readers for video game arcades back in college 25+ years ago, so it is rusty but starting to comeback and expand.  Part of going with ClarityCap SA capacitors from Rob to get the crossovers in hand and study the existing design beyond photos and documents.  It was a straight forward update vs CSA (i.e. 27uf+1uf, unknown size constraints). Good learning experience plus, out of pure curiosity, I wanted hear what the SE model might have sounded like.  Not too logical from a project perspective though the SE sound has been enjoyable.

Audiogon might have a minimum requirement for sending a PM, so either I missed how it's done or needs to be enabled.  Will send one when that is figured out. It's been many years since being on a forum.

anzen

My pleasure to be of service. Where are you located?

No, my SE are stock. I would not mind finding a donor pair for Tom’s upgrade path.

The stock CS2.4 is a real Honey.  Curiously, I had to have a taste of the SE.

Once heard, there was no retreat!  I was very fortunate to have heard pair 50/51. I was fully prepared to purchase those at full Retail, but the owner did not want to sell.  I tried.

Happy Listening!

Jafant,

What are your thoughts on the red stained birds eye maple finish on the CS 2.4SE?

My understanding on the serial # is it does not matter how low the number is as the  internal xover boards are the same as the higher numbered CS 2.4. You mentioned 50/51 so didnt know if you were aware of that. 

duramax747

Good to see you here today. Thank You for the internal Boards clarification.

The Red Stain Birds Eye maple finish is stunning! Just gorgeous and totally matched the “personality “ of the SE.  The speaker is quite attractive perched on Outriggers. I am proud to own such a Loudspeaker.

Happy Listening!

I wish there were other choices like other Thiel's but I guess thats what makes them distinctively an SE. 

Of all the speakers ever made, this speaker comes to the forefront as an incredible bargin for the level of musical enjoyment it puts out. 

Wonder what this would sound like with a no limit approach to upgrades.