Thiel CS-6 Brochure

CS6

The THIEL CS6 sets a new standard in loudspeaker performance.

HE EXCEPTIONAL SONIC

performance of the CS6 is the

result of an evolution in speaker design unlike any other in the audio industry. It is the culmination of years of painstaking development of a lineage of the world’s most outstanding loudspeakers through innovative driver design, superior cabinet construction, and accomplished crossover execution.

THIEL-designed and built in every way

The CS6 is a three-way system incorporating all THIEL-designed and built metal diaphragm drivers—a 1-inch dome tweeter, 4-inch midrange driver, and 10-inch woofer. As with all THIEL speakers, the CS6 utilizes a first-order crossover system to eliminate phase distortion, a sloping front baffle to provide accurate time coherence, and very high quality components to reduce distortion and improve clarity.

…simply superb. The

CS6 gets an enthusiastic

“

recommendation—it’s going to stay in my system a while!

—John Atkinson,

Vol. 21, No.3, March ’98

Stereophile

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…the Thiel CS6 loudspeaker is one of the all-time great ones, a benchmark, and an outstanding bargain…

—Larry Kay,

In addition, the CS6 incorporates new advances in driver engineering, such as short coil/long gap motor systems and coaxial mounting, and the use of advanced cabinet materials and premium crossover components.

Cabinet construction

The movement of the individual drivers can cause unwanted vibrations to be emitted from the cabinet, especially from the front baffle. The CS6 cabinet uses a cast mineral/ polymer composite front baffle to greatly reduce energy storage and unwanted vibration for improved clarity and imaging. Internal cabinet bracing, 1-inch thick cabinet walls, and cast magnesium driver chassis further reduce unwanted vibration.

The midrange driver also has its own non-reflective sub-enclosure to isolate the midrange from interaction with the woofer, and further reduce diffraction for better midrange performance.

Fi Magazine

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October ’97

The CS6 has all the qualities a

true, top-quality, high-end speaker

“

should have. It sounds and looks beautiful.

—Anthony Cordesman,

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Audio

August ’97

Crossover

The CS6 phase coherent crossover system eliminates phase distortion which can result in a loss of spatial and transient information. The 34 element system also corrects for irregularities in the individual driver’s frequency response, giving

the CS6 very accurate tonal performance that is true to the original sound. Pure polystyrene and polypropylene capacitors, air-core inductors, and high purity copper wire are used to further preserve fidelity.

Woofer

The 10-inch woofer uses a very heavy, 20-pound magnet structure and a short coil/long gap motor system for exceptionally clean, deep bass response

to 27 Hz with a fraction of the distortion found in most other bass drivers. The rigid aluminum diaphragm provides resonancefree operation for

uniform response and very open reproduction. A heavy copper ring maintains an ultra-stable magnetic field.

Award winning sound

• Runner-up, Stereophile magazine’s 1998 “Product of the Year”

• Consumer Electronics Show’s Innovations ’96 Design and

Engineering Award winner

• Stereophile magazine’s Class B “Recommended Component”

The THIEL CS6 tweeter/midrange

driver array

Extremely rigid

aluminum/polystyrene

/aluminum 3-layer

midrange diaphragm

eliminates resonances

within the operating

frequency range.

Copper pole sleeves

Large double magnets

weighing 10 pounds

power long magnetic

gaps for both midrange

and tweeter.

for both midrange

and tweeter reduce voice coil inductance and its distortion and

stabilize magnetic

field strength.

he CS6 uses coaxially mounted tweeter and midrange drivers so that the critical upper frequencies remain perfectly time coherent regardless of where you sit, improving imaging and transient fidel-

ity. Performers and instruments seem to occupy real space in the room, and details in the recording are more clearly heard.

The tweeter employs a very long magnetic gap and large excursion rubber surround for very high output. The midrange driver uses a threelayer diaphragm specially shaped to act as a waveguide for the tweeter’s energy. The shape reduces diffraction, a problem with conventional coaxial designs. The three layers increase the diaphragm’s rigidity, improving clarity and realism.

Tweeter’s short, aluminum voice coil and large-roll rubber suspension provide very low distortion and very high output.

Heavy, cast aluminum frame reduces unwanted vibration for clearer reproduction.