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| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se Electrolytic caps (those 100 uF in a Thiel) will drift after, say, 15-20 years. But everything else should be good for even longer. As far as changing the character, yes, you can make the speaker sound even better by upgrading the quality of the p... | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se Replace with the same? Why? The only ones that will wear out are the electrolytics in the coax shunt position. In my SEs, these are CYC and those might be the last I would use in an upgrade. Erse has an affordable 100 uF metal polypropylene. And i... | |
| Thiel Owners @holco Regarding coils, as Tom noted, you need to verify whether your boards are point-to-point on masonite (made in Lexington) or PCB (made in China by FST). The coils values are slightly different for the latter to account for subtle changes in ... | |
| Thiel Owners Pretty sure you can get outriggers from Coherent Source Service. At the least, they are part of the kit to upgrade 2.4 to 2.4SE (which also includes the Clarity SA caps for the coax feed). | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se Regarding access to XOs for the 2.4, here are Rob Gillum’s instructions to me:“The crossover can be accessed through the passive radiator opening. The base is not removable, as it is screwed, and glued. To access the crossover, you must remove the... | |
| Thiel Owners @andy2 the initial build will replace coax board wire coils with foil. Woofer board coils will stay wire for now. Tom will make further consideration as he gains knowledge with his 2.2 and 3.6. | |
| Thiel Owners @holco Please note that neither Tom or myself have conducted our own resistor listening comparisons. The Mundorf was on the short list but the Mills rose to the top of the list based on engineering, subjective opinions, and price. If cost were not... | |
| Thiel Owners Judging from the Stereophile review and measurements (never heard on for myself), the New Thiel TT1 seems like a competent design. But why buy one? If I want a competent (but still sourced from the Far East) speaker using "conventional" engineerin... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof thanks for those links. No wonder I never saw those reviews. I haven’t read TAS in years, their credibility is near zero, IMO. And hometheaterhifi is not one I look for.I didn’t read all of those links but they do say that the sides are plyw... | |
| Thiel Owners Yes, front baffle of the CS2.4 is 3” MDF. Don’t know about the 2.7, but imagine it is the same. Was that model ever reviewed? | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se I gave heavy consideration to the Mcap supreme. It’s said to be quite good. One reason I’m going with Clarity is that Jim Thiel et al. did many comparisons when picking caps for the SE version. I don’t know if they tried Mundorfs but probably. The... | |
| Thiel Owners @rojacob I intend to take pics when I build the new boards and I have several from when I replaced the resistors. Not sure where I might post these but perhaps Tom will share them with the kits - unless I eff it up! LOL | |
| Thiel Owners @andy2 I assume you mean non Thiels with a concentric driver? I’ve heard the TAD Ref 1; it has a concentric driver with diaphragms of an exotic material that I don’t recall. One of the very best speakers I’ve heard. Just stunning, but you’d hope s... | |
| Thiel Owners Regarding amplification, either I don’t listen as loudly as others or your Thiel models are especially difficult loads. When I had CS1.6s, i drove them with an Ayre AX-7; 60 W into 8 ohms, doubling into 4 ohms. That amp had plenty of balls to driv... | |
| Thiel Owners @rojacob does your 2.4 have a printed circuit board or point to point connections on masonite (or similar)? The pcb version must be soldered from the bottom. Hard to imagine that operation without removing the boards from the cabinet. |