Thiel Owners

Jeff - most 03s were sold with the EQ, which gave Jim the courage to design the 03a with sealed bass that is dependent on the EQ.

Regarding the other driver numbers, here's the missing link for you. All Thiel's drivers from the beginning were somewhat custom designed. In the case of the Eminence and Vifa woofers our required excursion far exceeded norms because our equalizer boosted the bass. Those custom drivers were not proprietary to us, but they quite likely never entered the catalogs because virtually no one else bought them.

jeffwort

My pleasure. Ask and ye shall receive- there is a listing on eBay via Hifi Shark for a sweet pair of CS3 loudspeakers w/ EQ in Rosewood finish. Located in the Denver CO area.  This particular Audio shop also repairs and restores electronics and speakers. Check it out!

Happy Listening!

All - 

over on U.S. Audiomart there is a Thiel Smart Sub (SS4) up for grabs. Located in the New York state area. I hope this Beast finds the next good home.

Happy Listening!

oxfordamps,

Please excuse me for the late response.

Its race season and I've have been swamped with work so I have not had time to solder in the various notch filters Tom sent. I like to learn and enjoy when I take on projects so I have my head in the race. .

Speaking to a fellow CS 7.2 owner,  I have to mention I've had a few speakers at the shop recently and I will say the CS 7.2 will remasin in the stable.  

When ig316b stopped by for a few days we had the CS 2.4SE with the SS-2 in dual mono. It gets close to the CS 7.2 and the upgrade path is easier and cheaper so it could close the gap unless more is spent on the CS 7.2 upgrades as there is more to do. 

After that session I may seek out a pair of Thiel subs in black to compliment my Porcshe Silver pair of CS2.4. 

I know ig316b is having fun with them. 

I do have a question for owners of Thiel speakers. 

I've been a Solid sate man my whole like as I liked the dynamics and speed it delivered which was closer to live music, for me as others may have a different experience, than tubes.

Its been 3 years or so  now that I tried  experimenting with tubed line stages .

I have tried many Solid state and tube preamps.

After countless listening hours I've settled on a 300B Preamp. 

This produced the best results and the choices of tubes in the 300b family you can dial it in to your personal ttaste preference.

My long winded question is,  have others found this tto be their preference as well? 

Tube preamp that is , not specifically a 300b

Saturday the 14th - All