Thiel Owners

ig316b

Thank You for the insightful reply. Keep me posted as you experiment and massage those Subs (2Wq and SS-2) into your room and System. Once completed

make a Virtual Systems page for The Panel. Stay Warm!

Happy Listening!

All -

as we embark a New Year, take the time to make or update your Virtual Systems pages. Let's see those Rooms and Systems!  For those in the pathways of the current Winter storm, stay warm!

Happy Listening!

Tom 

Duramax brings up a good question I was discussing with him and pondering over for a little while. I noticed that there are two crossovers within the cabinet of the 2.4's as seen elsewhere when someone upgraded their crossovers.

I had initially considered using a Pass Labs 60.X with the Thiel SI-1 Integrator to reduce the amount of low frequency going to the 2.4's, but then it occurred to me that a 60.X is just a 30.X in mono configuration.

My thoughts then went to crossover being separated in the cabinet. If you powered each crossover with its own amplifier with one of the channels driving the 3.5 inch driver full range and the other channel having the low frequencies limited and bypassed to an external subwoofer.

Looking at the measurements provided in Sterophile it appear the upper range driver would remain in an almost steady state around 2 ohm and the 8 inch driver would have a largest amount of movement but with the external crossover not be required to drive as much energy.

I know there is a lot more that goes into these thing and I wish it was just that simple but there is a reason I fix aircraft to fly and not design speaker for a living.

Anyway if you have time to ponder my query please do and  please be kind to my simple mind as it shocks me what I know about electrical current sometimes.

Robert  

duramax747

Thank You for the follow up. I look forward in reading more about your complete System, once testing has been accomplished.  Equally good to read that your impressions and thoughts on models CS 2.4/CS2.4SE corroborates with mine.

Happy Listening!

ig316b

Robert- the sonic characteristics as mentioned above describing English Horn and Kettledrum(s) refers to timbre. At its price point, Thiel does this better than any other loudspeaker manufacture. I vividly remember Audio Press writers Wes Phillips (RIP) and Neil Gader from Stereophile and The Absolute Sound respectively. Those articles and reviews whetted my appetite for hearing this model (CS 2.4).  Back in those days, the Apogee Slant8 and Vandersteen 3A Signature were my frames of reference. I will always defend the CS 2.4, as this loudspeaker, captures and incorporates the best sonic attributes from Apogee and Vandersteen.

Thiel has the richest timbre to my ear-brain.

Happy Listening!