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| Thiel Owners Regarding Thiel subwoofers - when I began my 2018 assessment of Thiel Audio’s value, I spent considerable effort to locate any/all information about the sebwoofers. I concluded that New Thiel had literally thrown it all in the dumpster. I engaged ... | |
| Thiel Owners I do not have intimate knowledge of the upgrade progression of the coaxes; they came after my time at Thiel. I do know how the path worked. Jim constantly isolated the weakest link of the products at large and worked on a solution to implement in ... | |
| Thiel Owners mchan888 - Gary Dayton at Coherent Source Service would have the definitive answer. More generally, I doubt that a black-centered driver is original. The CS7 had a black woofer with a donut-like center. The 7.2 had a white driver with white dustc... | |
| Thiel Owners Ron - can you describe ‘noisy’ in the CS3.7? | |
| Thiel Owners The 3.6 has passive radiator reflex bass, no equalizer. | |
| Thiel Owners All Thiel floorstanders are designed for an ear height of 3’ and an ear to tweeter distance of 8’ or more. On a CS1.5 @ 33" tall, you can position a rod on a block on top of the cabinet to use as a sight to your ear height. A laser and target work... | |
| Thiel Owners Contact Gary Dayton at Coherent Source Service.com | |
| Thiel Owners vair68robert - a general thought. Changing any value would subvert Jim's expertise. Thiel controls drivers over a 7-octave span rather than the few octaves required for fast slopes. Board space and wiring density are real issues in revisiting an ... | |
| Thiel Owners ronkent - As of May, Rob has retired. Gary was Thiel's customer service agent and Jim's assistant. Rob helps Gary with any sticky issues or techniques. Seamless continuity. | |
| Thiel Owners tmsrdg - your 3.7s are the final, revision 2. All CS3.7s crossovers were produced by FST in China. After #880, they have the final coaxes and crossovers. All cabinets and final assembly were made in Kentucky. | |
| Thiel Owners Further complication is that the CS2.7s were built in Lexington with traditional components. Early 3.7s were also, but then 3.7 production was moved to China with differences in all components. So, the 2.7 might get a leg up due to its home-base i... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - I really appreciate you sharing your 2.7/3.7 selection journey. Your lived experience with those models is extensive; mine is not. Your observations parallel mine from a single audition. Speakers are very complex organisms. Each and every ... | |
| Thiel Owners brunner 007 - all good advice here, as usual. My thoughts apply to some matters of historical model development. My relevant experience includes living with the CS2.4, but neither the 2.7 or 3.7. However, I did hear the 2.7 and 3.7 in the Thiel l... | |
| Thiel Owners tat - a geometric problem deserves a geometric solution. Since the CS5 baffle was cast, the complex curves only had to be created in the pattern. I was perplexed that Jim never went there. TT | |
| Thiel Owners CS5s. The difference between the 5 and its 'improved' version is that Jim's newly developed woofers weren't ready when the 5 had to be released. The improved woofers incorporated copper shunt rings for more stable motor response. Those i woofers a... |