Note he ended up buying Vandersteen 5s ($10,000), so we listened to some VERY high quality stuff (new Thiel, Martin-Logan, B & W, et al), and many sounded better than my CS 3.5s. But not much. And also remember, these "demos" had the advantage of much superior electronics to my home system (separates purchased in 1981).. Thiel CS3.5: $2450/pair. The '3.5 is a sealed box, has a woofer with 65% more radiating area, and uses a custom equalizer, made for insertion between pre- and power amp or in a tape loop, to modify the low-frequency response. This is claimed to yield flat response down to 22Hz, which JA and I confirmed when we were attempting to deal with.
Overall, I have to conclude that the '3.5 is better with the equalizer. I just wish the equalizer itself were a bit cleaner, would let more of the music through; I think it needs to be as good as the electronics probably used in the system: Levinson, Threshold, Krell, Audio Research. Summary The Thiel CS3.5 is clearly Thiel's best product to date.. Thiel CS3.5 loudspeaker Specifications. Sidebar 2: Specifications. Description: Three-way, sealed-box loudspeaker with line-level bass equalizer. Drive-units: 1" soft-dome tweeter, 4" paper-cone midrange unit, 10" plastic-cone woofer.. Audiovector R 3 Arreté loudspeaker. TAD Grand Evolution One loudspeaker. T+A Solitaire S 530 loudspeaker.
