tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners thoft - about drivers. I'll prepare a more detailed list but here's a general arc. Early (0 series) were all essentially stock drivers with small choices such as dust cap, surround type, etc. The 1983 CS3 had a customized Vifa woofer. Very inter... | |
| Thiel Owners pablohoney - nice rack. Regarding color, Maple does darken with time. Exposure to UV is the key. There are UV lamps. Sunlight has tons more than any bulb. Good work. We're in the same place with 7.2s. I bought a pair awhile back, but haven't fir... | |
| Thiel Owners catalysis - I totally agree about Benchmark. I run a full BM setup and couldn't be happier. Some folks quibble about BM's lack of lower harmonic distortion. BM intentionally practically eliminates it, while many users like the added 'warmth' and '... | |
| Thiel Owners solobone22 - isn't it lovely when you dial in your speakers to the room? I've never used any sub except Thiel's with the matching Passive XO. I learned a few things. The 'normal' input engages the room boundary circuitry, whereas (I think) the LF... | |
| Thiel Owners FWIW: These serial numbers place this pair in Lexington-Thiel production with USA AcoustaCoil coils, best-spec wire, and Solen polypropylene caps, on point to point masonite boards. We have seen that later Chinese production had lower spec parts i... | |
| Thiel Owners Bill exemplifies a dying breed - someone who knows musical technologies with fluency coupled to the requirements of the musical arts. He will be missed, and I don't know if he'll be replaced. Bill has had the Thiel CS3 / 3.5 equalizer in his back... | |
| Thiel Owners pablohoney - As fate would have it, our original ’O’ series used Danish Oil as a first coat to seal and warm the tone. That went out with the 1983 CS3. Our sealer or shellac are clear, which in shellac land is called ’white’, unless you want som... | |
| Thiel Owners Pablohoney Birdseye Maple finish Wood finishing is an art of its own. Thiel took its cabinetry and finishing quite seriously, far beyond normal utilitarian protection of the wood. In Thiel's first two decades under my direction, we built cabinet... | |
| Thiel Owners pablohoney - my time at Thiel ended in 1995. I don't know what changed and what stayed the same. Rob Gillum at CoherentSourceService would know. But Rob is very busy and doesn't necessarily respond to non-transactional queries. I'll post a finishi... | |
| Thiel Owners jonandfamily - about the CS1.2 I have a crossover layout. Feel free to PM me . Tom | |
| Thiel Owners JA - concerning the workspace. No room for multiple speakers, so no longer a 'hotrod garage' - more like a lab/studio. I've spent half-days working here since April with real progress. One surprise is that capacitor (and all components to a lesse... | |
| Thiel Owners Pull the driver and if the wires go directly to the terminals, it is 'new'. If there is an electronic component on one of the terminals it is 'old'. Rob hasn't mentioned any serial number record, etc. Many records were 'lost' under New Thiel. | |
| Thiel Owners Guys - about those 2.7/3.7 coaxes. The black ones are the original chrome drivers that have been painted black. They are chrome under the black paint. They were painted to differentiate them from the early drivers which had erratic tweeter output... | |
| Thiel Owners The early 3.7 coax had variable tweeter amplitude which required individual trimming resistors. The problem was solved and the ‘late’ drivers were painted black to differentiate between n inventory. Blacks are indeed identical to ‘correct’ chrome ... | |
| Thiel Owners igmaty - the CS2.3 was introduced december 1997 and had a minor XO tweak November 1998. Thiel’s serial numbers always began with #1 and 1/2 were the first pair, etc. My notes say about 2750 pairs were made, so numbers would top out about 5500. The... |