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| Thiel Owners brands like Thiel that stay on top of the cost/performance tradeoff are likely to have better products than the cost no object "luxury" brands I agree but still wish that Thiel had a full-out assault on SOTA speaker. Not that I could ever hope ... | |
| Thiel Owners Eventually I hope to have upgrade paths for various legacy Thiel products that Rob can supply. Haha, I can see it now. I'll get my pair dialed-in then you and Rob will come out with a kit for the 2.4s. There is no end to audiophile nervosa! the... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel *Super* helpful. I owe you a beer or three. Next step is to pull a radiator and see how much room I have to work with. The solution with SA/CSA/Mundorf Supreme is the least expensive (of the options I'm considering) and with the smallest... | |
| Thiel Owners Thank you *so* much for all this great info, Tom! I think any changes would be small enough to dismiss OK, I'll keep this as an option depending on space. I don't know the relative merits of CMR vs Mundorf. Reading the anonymous writer at hum... | |
| Thiel Owners 7' from the wall is a great luxury. Do you also have a high ceiling? Ceiling bounce is a real issue. I'm kidding about getting the 7s. The 7.2s were close to the best I've heard but I'd rather tweak out these 2.4s (for now!). My room is vaulted ... | |
| Thiel Owners Rob might have an upgrade path for those CS7s Upgrading those to 7.2 and modding the XO could make those *really* sing! In my room, the speakers are 7' from the front wall . . . | |
| Thiel Owners I like the CSA +, + with the 0.33 being a teflon or other ultra-grade cap if possible. Ultra bypasses are far less important on the woofer, put more value on the coax feeds Thanks for this, Tom! I have yet to remove the passive radiator to... | |
| 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... |