Thiel Owners

Rockrink - The original 03A woofers were made my Eminence, the sound reinforcement manufacturer. They had stamped steel baskets, foam surrounds, and (I think I remember) square ceramic magnets.

Rockrink - on further remembering, we reinforced the 03A woofer baskets with epoxy. Rob at CSS might have original drivers or rebuild kits.

I've been luxuriating in my new Joseph Audio Perspective speakers for a while, but tonight I'm switching in my Thiel 2.7s in to the system again.I'll be interested to see how I react to them after acclimating to the Josephs.

prof,

I'm certainly interested!

Tomthiel,
I agree that the CS3.6 is the model to start with. There were so many sold, and they have had so many accolades, positive reviews, and historical references, that people who own them just love them, and people who dont, do remember them. There is nothing in the used marketplace, even close to thier audiophile sound qualities for the prices they sell for now. So once you get a couple of thier sonic flaws eliminated, and the word gets out that Mr. Tom Thiel (and Rob of Coherent Source) offer mods for them, one of the USA's most famous speakers (ever) can become a truly collectable "classic" item.

I will stick with my Thiel 3.5s and 3.7s, driven by MFA and ARC 6550 tube amps (respectively) of course. BUT, I do have a BIG solid state amp, that I'm not using, just PERFECT for 3.6s: Classe DR-250, 250 wpc, and one of the sweetest big amps ever made.