THIEL CS3.5

[southpeak]

thanks to a fine audiophile gentleman from pasig, i’m now a proud owner of a pair of THIEL CS3.5 circa 1986-1990? even though the units needed some tender loving care before i put them to use, it was all worth it. i’m sure it will be a very long while before i do another upgrade. the wharfe evo30s (sold to a fine gentleman from the south) were top notch (my ears) but these babies you can label “for keeps”. pwedeng pwede ipamana.. you have to agree they look beautiful just standing there and make fine pieces of furniture.. but they look and sound best when they are at work. a dream come true..
some pictures:



SPECIFICATION
Bandwidth (-3 dB) 20Hz-22KHz
Amplitude Response 23Hz-20KHz +/-2 dB
Phase Response minimum +/-10deg
Time Response minimum +/-50uS
Sensitivity 89dB @ 1 watt-meter
Impedance 4 ohms
Recommended Power 50-250 watts
Size 33x33x107 cm
Weight 77 pounds each
Additional Info:
Tweeter – dynaudio
Mid range – scan speak
With separate equalizer
Uses polypropylene or polystyrene x-over
2” thk front baffle, 1 ¼” thk walls

thank you for looking..

[Superman]

ben, hanep! congrats!

[narayan]

ben,

very nice catch bro time aligned design and halos full range pa
another good reason to visit you ;D congrats. pangarap ko din brand na yan

[southpeak]

jen, obet.. maraming salamat

i've always read in their ads that they produce their own drivers but apparently, during the company's early years, they did use other sources.. in the case of the 3.5, dynaudio & scan-speak..

“In the days before Thiel (the company) began making its own drivers, Jim Thiel would have to wait a month before his suppliers could make a prototype driver for him to work with. Now the whole process can be done in three hours, and it was my sense that this, and not the desire to have the capability to make drivers in house, is what drove Thiel to create their own drivers. Once again, efficiency reigns supreme: not only can the company now make prototypes faster, they can also make drivers to their exact specifications and needs, which in Thiel’s case means drivers with short-coil, long-gap motor systems; aluminum diaphragms of various optimized shapes; and powerful magnets. Why aluminum when polypropylene and Kevlar are so popular with other speakers? Greater compressive strength and stiffness. Thiel has experimented with a vast number of materials and found only one that’s superior to aluminum: beryllium, which is impossible to form, so it has to be machined and thus would add a great amount of cost to each driver."

from here:
www.soundstagelive.com/thieltour/

[m_shoe_maker]

Those who have been in this hobby long enough would know Thiel was indeed a fine speaker brand.

Well, a store in MCS called "Stereopeople" is now selling NOS old skool Thiels. I saw a CS1.2, a CS2.2, and yes, the highly rated CS3.6.

Not sure, but these NOS stocks could have been the old stocks of AVESCO (former Thiel distributor in the country).