Thiel CS2.4 User manual

CS2.4
• Very high performance 3-way loudspeaker
• Specially designed coincident tweeter/midrange array
• Completely time and phase coherent for greater realism
• Ultra-low distortion short-coil, long gap, copper-stabilized driver motor systems
• Uniform, resistive load improves performance when used with smaller amplifiers
• Provides great realism for both music and movies
A revolutionary departure from conventional speaker designs, the CS2.4 offers a new
perspective in loudspeaker performance. The three-way system incorporates all THIEL-
designed and built metal diaphragm drivers—a 1-inch dome tweeter, 3.5-inch
midrange driver, and 8-inch woofer—along with a 7.5 x 11-inch passive radiator. Metal
diaphragms provide much higher stiffness which eliminates diaphragm resonances in
the operating range for very clear and open reproduction. The CS2.4 drivers also use
unusual short coil/long gap, copper-stabilized motor systems to dramatically reduce
distortion. Coupled with the low resonance diaphragms and very high quality electrical
network components, a very high level of clarity and tonal accuracy is achieved.
—Marc Mickleson,
SoundStage
“At their price,
I have never
heard anything
better…”
—John E. Johnson,
Secrets of Home Theater and
High Fidelity
• Innovations Design & Engineering Award for 2004
• The Absolute Sound “Editors’ Choice” Award
• SoundStage “Reviewers’ Choice”Award
• Electronic House “Product of the Year”Award
“The THIEL CS2.4
is a great
loudspeaker, one
of the best I've
heard, regardless
of price.”
THIEL’s Award-winning sound
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“[the CS2.4] exhibits a near-
obsessive attention to
detail…nearly faultless in so
many parameters ”
—Neil Gader,
The Absolute Sound, Issue 144
“The CS2.4 further affirms
THIEL‘s reputation as one of
the world's leading
loudspeaker manufacturers”
—Electronic House Magazine , September 2003
midrange
cone
voice
coil
tweeter
dome coupling
suspension
midrange
suspension
The CS2.4 tweeter/midrange
drivers are mounted
coaxially and share the
same voice coil. A
mechanical crossover is
implemented by the
coupling suspension
between the two
diaphragms.
Compound Driver System
The difference is our engineering