tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Dspr- regarding the CS5 vs CS5i. The late 80s was when Jim was exploring electro-magnetic field effects for higher resolution driver motors. Thiel developed new magnet and pole piece geometries which were applied to the CS5 midranges, woofers and ... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetle - I agree, one would not expect a paper cone to act that way. But it isn't truly a paper cone, but a multi-fiber cone with cellulose as one of the fibers. Jim developed that driver for the CS1.5 in parallel with another more expensive solut... | |
| Thiel Owners Jazzman - I know a little which I'll be glad to remember. You might read Stereophile's 1995 review when it was introduced, https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/223/index.htmlI find it nearly incredible that this little, inexpensive speake... | |
| Thiel Owners Kenazfilan - the Bose 901 was a huge marketplace success at the time we were developing our initial ideas and prototypes. Audiophiles and specialty stores nearly universally rejected them as gimmicks, but there were some valid ideas in there. The ... | |
| Thiel Owners Ovinwar - the CS5 was Thiel's first application of in-house Finite Element Analysis, applied to all aspects of development. The original CS5 tweeter (also used in CS5.1, 3.6 and 2.2) was wholly developed in-house and represents a giant leap ahead,... | |
| Thiel Owners Ovinewar - do you have original CS5 or improved CS5i speakers? | |
| Thiel Owners Batmanfan - I have been told that one of Jim's primary preamps was the Sonic Frontiers 2-piece gold unit. But I don't know if it was used for the 3.7s. I know that at shows we never mixed and matched pre and power amps, seeming poor form from an i... | |
| Thiel Owners Batmanfan - I claim ignorance of what preamp Jim used for the CS3.7 development. He used the Krell FPB-600 and Goertz flatwire. How he approached equipment, in general, was to work with the obvious allies in the business, those brands which would ... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant - I would suppose he has everything, but please check with Rob and let us know. I believe the 7.2 shares its high coax with the 2.3 and the other drivers were Thiel design and in-house manufacture. | |
| Thiel Owners Awhile back, Rob told me that 7.2s "never" come up for sale and "almost always" are still owned by the original purchaser; as well as "most" CS7s were upgraded to 7.2 status with new Thiel drivers and XO modifications. Seems like they're keepers. ... | |
| Thiel Owners SDL4 - Thanks for the tip. I have not gotten my mind around power cords except in one way. My Electromagnetic Field Meter registers large and variable EMF fields around all the equipment. It seems possible that shielding those fields via a shielde... | |
| Thiel Owners ronkent and sdl4 - thanks for your feedback. I'm getting one and will let you know what it does in my system. | |
| Thiel Owners Guys - I would like to hear your opinions regarding the PS Stellar Gain Cell Pre and DAC for possible purchase as an affordable alternative to my sole Classé DR-6 preamp. Among my requirements of detail and so forth is that neutrality is very impo... | |
| Thiel Owners Clear and Beetle - thanks for the good question and the excellent answer and sorry to compress both into such a short two-word summary "radical divergence". | |
| Thiel Owners Todd - I can't answer that question due to the radical divergence of individual needs. Big room and/or loud level can magnify power requirements by large multiples.That said, unlike other circuit topologies, the power stays absolutely clean until ... |