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| Thiel Owners I would appreciate you modifying one speaker and perform whatever comparative tests you can between old and new. We can build a knowledge base here on the forum for the benefit of all, including yet to be identified upgraders everywhere. Thi... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks for the helpful reply, Tom! I would appreciate you modifying one speaker and perform whatever comparative tests you can between old and new. I should buy a pair of standard 2.4s and mod those first, enabling the best comparison. My wife wo... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel I am able to find (at Parts Connexion) Clarity CSA parallel combos that will give me the CS2.4 capacitance in the coax (14 and 28 uF) and woofer feeds (33 uF). Reading this review of capacitors: http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Cap.html... | |
| Thiel Owners Here is the link for the article mentioned above: https://www.strata-gee.com/forgotten-thiel/Curious to see if Tom has any specific suggestions for hot-rodding the 2.4 SE | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel Thanks for the info re: measurements | |
| Thiel Owners limited to perhaps 200 Hz and above. Yes, Thiel's graphs are truncated at 200 cycles:http://www.vandersteen.com/media/files/APJ%20Files/APJ_6-7r.pdfThose CS2.3 measurements are superb!For the bass, I think Stereophile's nearfield technique fills... | |
| Thiel Owners Much of the spike length was intended for carpet height piercing. The outriggers and spikes on my CS2.4SE raise the speakers a good 2". I think these spikes are a bit longer compared to the standard version. About one-half of my floor is slab a... | |
| Thiel Owners From the manual for the CS2.4:Optimum phase and time alignment is provided only for a seated listener who is eight or more feet away from the speakers.There is no mention of ear height, which is very important for the first order filters (ie, vert... | |
| Thiel Owners 38" ear height is design target. I imagine there must also be a target distance to the listener, as well, that corresponds to the 38". In Soundstage’s measurements of the CS2.4, they measured at 2 m which is their standard. But the height was a ma... | |
| Ayre MX-R upgrade costs? I got quoted 15k which seemed a bit steep Certainly not cheap in a vacuum but a good deal relative to buying a new pair, no? I've used Ayre's upgrade service before and I am a big fan of not having to buy a whole new unit to get the latest and bes... | |
| Thiel Owners @jon_5912 Stereophile measured the CS3.7 impedance as low as 2.2 Ohm, so even the more powerful AX-5 might be a marginal match for big rooms or loud-preferring listeners. Still, I'm surprised the AX-7 didn't at least deliver good sound at moderate... | |
| Ayre MX-R upgrade costs? I would contact Ayre's Michael Wiedmair I e-mailed Michael recently because I thought it odd my AX-5's volume would cranked down when I put it in standby mode (turns out the behavior is as designed). I found out that Michael is now doing sales ... | |
| Thiel Owners Hopefully, Stereophile will include the Coherent Source Service article in the Industry Updates section of the print version. Maybe Rob needs to tell JVS that Thiels will fill your room with the sounds of MQA. That should move him to the top of th... | |
| Thiel Owners Glad to see Stereophile spilling some ink, or pixels, for Rob Gillum!I'm assuming the "hot-rod" kits are, thus far, limited to the leftovers from the unbuilt CS2.4SEs. Maybe we'll see other options in the future per Tom Thiel's posts upthread? | |
| Thiel cs2.4 upgrade to cs 2.4 se The original CS2.4, as best as I can tell, had 13uF + 1uF and 27uF + 1uF in the tweeter feed. In the SE version, the by-passes are replaced by single 14uF and 28uF caps as seen here:http://www.hifishock.org/gallery/speakers/thiel/cs2-4se-2-thiel/I... |