tomthiel
Responses from tomthiel
| Thiel Owners The ESL-63 uses (if I recall correctly) a cascading time delay crossover over concentric rings of the diaphragm to create a whole diaphragm motion with all points equidistant from the listener's ear. What brilliance!"Walsh" - type drivers use bend... | |
| Thiel Owners CT - a few general thoughts here. I am aware that Richard uses the term ’pistonic drivers’ and what he means my it, and agree that it is highly desirable; but there are many designers who don’t want it. There has been considerable convergence of t... | |
| Thiel Owners jon - you're on it. When developing the CS5 cabinet I explored custom ceramic tiles for the interior, attached with a researched mastic adhesive - it worked extremely well. There were two big problems. 1: it was too heavy to ship and handle. Deale... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - I’ve only heard the 3.7 and 2.7 once, when auditioning the final prototype 2.7 at the Thiel factory in 2012. We all heard what you are hearing. There’s probably more to it than the baffle. A few years and $six figures were spent optimizing ... | |
| Thiel Owners Tmsrdg - I can add a general perspective comment. The level and extent of exploration and custom development that went into passive components at Thiel was considerable. Many folks may consider Thiel's choices as strictly budget driven, but scores... | |
| Thiel Owners Thoft - I've been messing with the 3.6s for the past few months. I consider their stock components highly optimized and am therefore investigating other upgrades in priority over component upgrades. That said, there are ongoing DIY upgrades happen... | |
| Thiel Owners Jimi - I recommend restoring the CS1.2s as a very fine little speaker. I use the CS1.2 drivers in an 02 cabinet to compare components,wire and cabinet treatments. Rob at Coherent Source Service has parts. I think you'll be glad you did. | |
| Thiel Owners I can contribute a bit of Thiel historical perspective. Among all the good, great and worthy amps out there, Thiel gravitated toward a few brands, who also gravitated toward Thiel speakers for mutual product development. This thought is up to 1995... | |
| Thiel Owners thoft - Nelson designed the original GFA555, but not necessarily the other Adcoms. I think he designed all the Forte gear, but I’m not sure. He used the Thiel CS3.6 as a design load, so he would have the definitive opinion for Thiel with the model... | |
| Thiel Owners bonedog - Rob at Coherent Source Service has those woofers and/or rebuild kits. That's the way to go, the hardware lasts forever. That driver is spectacular, an early edition of proprietary and groundbreaking technologies. | |
| Thiel Owners Tweak - can you speak to why you chose iron (magnetic) rather than stone (more innert)? | |
| Thiel Owners JAFant - jazz is great all around for its layers of nuance. And there's a lot of well-made jazz out there. I landed on my wide rather than deep approach to sources partly as a contrast to the usual way. Thiel, and most others I knew at the time, u... | |
| Thiel Owners Tweak - your Starsound wire comment is fascinating. As I seek to reduce jacketing contribution, you are using it as an electromagnetic design element. Are you guys associated with MIT? | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - I would love your feedback regarding their sound, when the time comes. I'll say that the more that I improve the technical performance and address the shortcomings caused by our naivete in 1976, the less they sound like Thiel 02s, and the m... | |
| Thiel Owners Prof - for my explorations of imagination I use the 02 as a path not taken. An entire business could have been built on developing and enriching that simple two way box. My unambiguous progress is in the realm of the acousto-mechanical: grille and... |