Thiel Owners

KEF is highly regarded and Andrew Jones is a hall of fame level designer but I would stay with the Thiel. You *know* it’s beyond mid-level good, matches your stuff, and is made in US.

Well, these are the numbers that Rob assigned to my speakers. He may be distinguishing them from the original production run as they were assembled from original parts only a few months ago.

thielrules - yes, that makes sense.

richardyc - it may be of interest that the MCS crossover has some obvious and simply-made upgrade potential. The performance would be better than the CS2.4SE upgrade from a starting point below the regular 2.4.

Anyone know the mfg. and model number of the 8" woofer used in the Thiel CS2?  I was told the CS2.2 woofer could be used as a replacement, but want to explore the used market first.

Rob Gillum at Coherent Source Service might know. And some ebay, etc. resellers sometimes salvage old gear. Also, Madisound was still supplying some parts in the mid 80s and may have a clue. It was probably made (I don't remember for certain) by Vifa. But a stock driver will not work. The motor was custom designed and everything else was specified by Thiel. Normal woofers don't have the smooth high-end rollout needed for first order slopes.