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Thiel Owners

Guys-

I just scored a sweet pair of CS 2.4SE loudspeakers. Anyone else currently or previously owned this model?
Owners of the CS 2.4 or CS 2.7 are free to chime in as well. Thiel are excellent w/ both tubed or solid-state gear!

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
jafant
robinbarbour
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I missed most of this posting until now, but reading al of it I must say it is good to hear some of the comments that confirm some of my feelings about Thiel speakers....namely the older models. One comment was from a member that owns both the CS6 and 3.6 - he preferred the 3.6. There are a lot of favorable mentions of the 2 2. I myself own multiple models and use in 5.1 and 2 channel systems. I have a couple smartsubs, four PCS, three MCS and four 2 2. Some of these are extra (Back-up) because I never want to be without Thiel in my system and after Jim's passing, in my mind the legacy ended. My point is, that even though the 2 2 has given way to newer models, I can't seem to let myself part with them. They sound so good that it is not worth selling since they are WAY undervalued in the used market. I have no room for this stuff!

How do people part with something like that and not have regret?


jafant OP
10,525 posts
 
Many Thanks! Carmenc.

I know you will return to Thiel someday.
prof
1,741 posts
 

Nice thread!  I've actually been thinking about "where are the Thiel owners these days?" as well.

I was on here quite a bit last year as I fretted about which set of Thiels to buy.  Huge fan of the old CS6s, and struggled between buying a second hand pair of the "newer" 2.7 or 3.7.

I ended up with a nice pair of 3.7s from audiogon and have had a great time pairing them with my CJ monoblocks and even sometimes with my tiny Eico HF-81  (flabbier bass...but oh that huge, golden Eico midrange combined with the Thiel clarity and transparency is pretty magical).

I've got them working very well in my smallish room, very even sounding, no bass bloat.  But at this point I'm wondering if I might have been better off with a pair of 2.7s that I had been interested in.  They had my favorite composite ebony finish.  They would have probably been a better fit aesthetically for me.

So sad the real Thiels are no longer....

(And the Thiel website doesn't even seem to be up to date or working either.  I wonder how they are doing).


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oblgny
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I just noticed that Thiel has a Facebook or Tweet account.  Perhaps you can get in touch with them there,



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oblgny
738 posts
 
Here's some food for thought...

For the past twelve months or so I've been buying/selling equipment like I'm going to the chair.  2 McIntosh pieces,  Von Schweikert speakers.  etc.  etc.  etc.  Ridiculous!

Somewhere in the middle of last year I purchased a Marantz TT-15 turntable.  According to my sales guy Bob at Audio Den in beautiful downtown Lake Grove,  it's essentially a Clearaudio unit badged with the Marantz logo.  (There's really no downtown here,  nor is there a lake,  nor a grove.)  Having never had a "true" phono preamp other than those little pro-ject or other manufacturer small boxes,  I was able to scoop up a Primare phono stage for a very nice price used here on the 'Gon.  IMHO,  an excellent phono stage.  I like the brand.

Anyway,  I went back there the other day just to see what's new and I was convinced to buy a Primare i22 integrated...It's a class d amp which can put out around 160 watts into 4 ohms - sufficient enough for my listening levels.  Primare builds everything from the ground up,  nothing inside it is outsourced like so many other class d amps.

Unfortunately,  there was no way to hook up the CS 3.5's crossover to the integrated...so back it went.  I can't believe I returned something because I might have to part with my Thiels...
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