tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Did I miss something? Are there some D28s available somewhere? | |
| Thiel Owners thoft - the heat effects apply to all speakers, somewhat more so to first order due to the drivers operating over broader ranges. Your crossovers are inside the cabinet where ambient temperature gradually rises and the XOs are often behind insulat... | |
| Thiel Owners All - a little progress report from the hotrod garage. This past week I got first batch items of both the new terminals and the heatsinks. I think I mentioned the high purity copper bolts for terminals. But, heatsinks you ask? I know that heat is ... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - I’m holding one in my hand. Thiel used Dynaudio’s D28 AF (D 2806-2A) in both the CS3 and CS3.5. Its diaphragm is 3mm greater diameter than the ubiquitous D25. The bottom end of the D28 has higher output for that shallow blend with the midrange. | |
| Thiel Owners jhouse - There is no gasket of any kind behind the basket rim, and it is not in a rabbet. Mine was stuck hard to the painted baffle - force of habit I suppose. I used a thin bladed artist spatula, a putty knife will do, to work under the edge and ... | |
| Thiel Owners That's the old site when Kathy sold to New Thiel. Those are the old phone numbers, and notice there are no dealers. Might be a spontaneous archival regurgitation. | |
| Thiel Owners Thoft- PM sent | |
| Thiel Owners Nicco & jazzman - for the record, there is a deep supply of woofers and tweeters to maintain the CS.5. | |
| Thiel Owners Thoft - The 3.5 was introduced early 1986 and sold approximately 5,000 pairs until replaced by the 3.6 in 1992. Those first woofers failed immediately and were recalled and replaced free of any charge (plus the Hedges album). But heat failure pres... | |
| Thiel Owners TATweak - I hope you find it!Thoft- Thiel serial numbers start at #1 per model (imagine that).The first 200 woofers were impacted. You can't fix the existing moving system, but Rob could replace the moving system and you would have a rebuilt drive... | |
| Thiel Owners Thoft - a story for you. The 3.5 woofer is custom from Vifa, and built to handle a lot of power. However, the first production batch had nearly 50% woofer failures in the field. Turned out that Denmark had banned epoxy for health reasons and the s... | |
| Thiel Owners Silvanik - thanks for the report. There is definitely real stuff going on regarding floor coupling. Our initial insight (before spikes were a thing), regarded the recoil effect, how the cabinet swayed caused mostly by the woofer recoil. That motio... | |
| Thiel Owners biannuzzi22 - I have some experience with the SS1 and SS2. Repair is an issue, I haven't found schematics yet. Low-level noise is an issue; if you need black quiet, maybe not. Performance is unique; the user has no control over amplitude. Jim's gi... | |
| Thiel Owners thoft - sit tight for some first-hand experience here.For my part, I tested the Madisound "drop in" and it is so different that I would never consider it. Anybody want to comment?The tweeter you want is the rebuild of that particular version of th... | |
| Thiel Owners JA - So much to learn, so little time.Rob - Your 2.7 wire was a New Thiel addition or experiment. They hired first-rate designers and engineers, so I trust it was very well considered and chosen. Their failure was at the executive, not technical l... |