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| Thiel Owners CS2 Chapter in Thiel History CS2 development began in 1984 after the game-changing introduction of the CS3 in 1983. The CS3 was the 4th iteration of the model 3 – equalized sealed 10” 3-way with bass response to 20Hz. It demanded a fairly large ... | |
| Thiel Owners hifi28 - your speaker positioning will be experimental with all things considered in your room. An openable window can be a huge asset in that centered position. Sound waves through air accumulate as pressure zones in the corners and centers. Ope... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant - always a pleasure to connect some dots. Summer is allowing use of an unheated artist's studio for my sound work. It's not much more than a shed, but the long wall behind the listening position is mostly open screens; so there is very lit... | |
| Thiel Owners The collective experience of many old-timers is that the room is far more important than is generally acknowledged and that effort spent there is worth some multiple of effort and expense for gear. Keep that in mind. The CS2 is old, designed in 1... | |
| Thiel Owners hifi28 - Your room proportions aren't bad, and if you can get some insulation above your drop ceiling, it could be fairly good. Biggest limitation is the 11.5' dimension. CS2s are wide-dispersion transducers, so your best bet is to put the speake... | |
| Thiel Owners hifi28 - good speaker, more on that later. Tweeters are Dynaudio D28 soft domes. Great at the time, nothing special now. The domes can be sucked out through a paper towel core. Creases will remain, but sound is not much affected. Spikes can be a... | |
| Thiel Owners hifi28 - what seems to work best is to ask a specific question for someone who is knowledgeable to answer. Matters of repair and maintenance are best addressed to Rob Gillum at Coherent Source Service. The CS2 is of historic interest to me, being... | |
| Thiel Owners fitter468 - I've never actually heard an Ayre piece of gear! But they get rave reviews and user comments. Which BJs XLRS did you get for what position? I've spent the past month and a half on cable evaluations and would appreciate knowing what yo... | |
| Thiel Owners Hello Prof, good to see you. The Original Series was indeed sequential, 01, 02, 03, 04 with advances marked in small letters. The 01(01a, 01b) was Thiel's first marketed product. There are some still out there and Rob says they have a loyal follo... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - thanks for the tip. I won't be pursuing it. Bill Thalmann tuned up the old Thiel SCD-1 which had been previously upgraded. It's quite a piece of gear. The SACD head was not salvageable, but I have very little SACD hard media. I'm beginning my... | |
| Thiel Owners jonandfamily - we look forward to your report. Here's some additional back-story about that soft dome. We developed that UltraTweeter for the CS5 in 1988. It had all of Jim's advanced techniques, and exceeded our expectations. The CS5 had woven l... | |
| Thiel Owners It's no accident that the 1.5 hung out on Stereophile's Class A (limited bass) ranking for 5 or so years. I used it for the past 7 years at our small village live performance venue to startlingly good results and reviews. I used it with a Thiel SS... | |
| Thiel Owners In the eventual realm, I am working with ScanSpeak (Vifa) on a 'new' tweeter in that motor frame. My target diaphragm has the potential of greater specific stiffness than aluminum without the ringing and without the high expense of carbon. Work in... | |
| Thiel Owners I second jonandfamily's request for direct experience with the soft dome for the Thiel UltraTweeter. | |
| Thiel Owners @vair68robert - what a mess. It sounds like Nashville Thiel may not have had final product testing, because your value drifts would have failed your finished speakers. We took quality assurance very seriously. There are many approaches - our meth... |