tomthiel
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| Thiel Owners Indeed - mixing amps is extremely treacherous, which was the main reason, along with mixing cables, that Jim axed the dual binding posts. Good points about cables and special considerations. I suspect the bi-amp advantages are not special to the 3... | |
| Thiel Owners jacob - we don't yet know what form the upgrades will take. One complicating factor is that Thiel crossovers since 1990 / CS2.2 use silver/tin solder which requires technical know-how. We will probably have a first-level upgrade of critical caps a... | |
| Thiel Owners unsound - Thank you for your point of view. It is entirely valid and I do not intend to recommend the Benchmark for the reasons you cite. But my task is to find source and process equipment that operate at the edge of serviceability rather than bi... | |
| Thiel Owners Regarding 2.4: The XO part of the SE upgrade is simply replacing the 2 coax feed caps with ClairtyCapSA (best at the time). Rob @ CSS has them.Our upgrades are trumping that in spades. We are replacing all components with carefully chosen, cost ef... | |
| Thiel Owners bcupari - and all - keep your radar out for spare 3.5 drivers. They are no longer made and in short supply. If enough interest develops, I hope to address the 3.5 upgrade in a subsequent round. | |
| Thiel Owners Well guys, I have been doing homework on the (new) Thiel, LLC bankruptcy as well as making slow progress on classic hot-rods. First project will be beetlemania's CS2.4s - pretty full-blown in scope. What has been getting clearer is that the low-im... | |
| Thiel Owners beetle - I moved to New Hampshire in 1996 and have been active in the New England Luthiers Group - serious guitar-makers. A few of them have worked for Bose, with stories to tell! One story of interest is that their lab/listening reference monitor... | |
| Thiel Owners prof - Ted Green runs a technology consulting company. His interest in Thiel is as a former performing musician / bandleader with an inherent interest in David rather than Goliath. He seems to know brands and nuances very well, but has never said ... | |
| Thiel Owners jon - all the Thiel aluminum drivers are annodized which deposits a coating which is often marketed as "ceramic". Your 2.3 driver is an early example of Thiel aluminum diaphragms. When gotten right, those metal drivers have far better resolution t... | |
| Thiel Owners Guys - Ted Green / strata-gee.com has published his article on Thiel,LLC recent bankruptcy filing. https://www.strata-gee.com/ | |
| Thiel Owners harry - I can address part of your query. The 2.2s were very well developed / mature and had a long run. Lots of fans. The 2.3s were the first application of the mechanical / crossover-less coax concept. I hear that there were improvements on the ... | |
| Thiel Owners jasx - your other speaker is 1785, always odd low as in 1,2. They were made approximately late 90s, model was introduced in 1992. I just bought a pair of 3.6s for our upgrade project. Soon I will document the XO revision status / serial numbers fo... | |
| Thiel Owners All - Are any of you proficient in patent and trademark law? If so I would like to confer about Thiel intellectual property. Send PM or email tomthiel@worldpath.net | |
| Thiel Owners prof - I have not heard the Alexandra. I moved to New Hampshire and by the late 90s I was focused on things other than audio. pw - The room is so often the major culprit in the mix. Thiels are point source emulation and therefore wide dispersion, ... | |
| Thiel Owners All, is anyone here bidding on that 3.5 EQ? If not, I'll try to snag it for the lab. (Remember the idea of fully balanced EQ with better caps and resistors?) |