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Product information about THIEL’s complete line of home theater and music loudspeakers
THIEL
Ultimate Performance Loudspeakers
h i e l l o u d s p e a k e r s are
world-renowned for their
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innovative engineering, and
exquisite craftsmanship. To meet
today’s home entertainment needs,
THIEL designs and builds speakers
that bring you all of the emotional
impact and spectacular sound
effects of movie soundtracks, as
well as deliver the highest level of
music reproduction.
award-winning and synergistically
designed oor-standing, shelf,
in and on-wall, and subwoofer
speaker systems for outstanding
front, center, and rear channel
performance. We invite you to
discover for yourself that what other
speaker companies do well, THIEL
does extraordinarily.
high performance sound,
THIEL offers a complete line of
"There are few companies in high-end
audio with the well-deserved reputation
for innovation and performance that THIEL
Audio enjoys.”
— Shane Buettner, Audio Perfectionist
Extraordinary THIEL Design
and Engineering…
• Completely time and phase coherent for greater realism
than conventional loudspeakers.
• Ultra low-distortion short coil/long gap, copper-stabilized
driver motor systems for excellent sonic fidelity
and tonal accuracy.
• 1-inch thick cabinet walls, aluminum enclosures, and
baffles of machined aluminum or up to 3-inch thick
fiberboard greatly reduce unwanted vibration for greater
clarity and spatial performance.
• Metal cone drivers eliminate diaphragm resonances in
the operating range for very clear and open reproduction.
• Form-follows-function cabinet shapes to eliminate
diffraction, beautifully finished in a variety of real
wood and painted finishes.
Completely time and phase
coherent for greater realism
All THIEL loudspeakers are
completely time and phase
coherent for great sonic realism.
®
THIEL’s Coherent Source
technology eliminates both time
and phase distortions to improve
realism, clarity, transparency
and immediacy as well as
greatly enhancing imaging and
soundstaging performance.
Finished in the world’s nest woods
THIEL loudspeakers are available
in a wide variety of exquisite,
real-wood nishes nely crafted to
enhance your home environment.
We can custom stain, paint, or
match a cabinet to your furniture.
The aluminum cabinet architectural
models can be painted to disappear
into any decor.
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Floor-Standing
CS3.7
A revolutionary breakthrough in driver
design that advances the sonic state-of-the art
awaits your ears with the CS3.7. Its entirely
original midrange driver provides exquisitely
pure sound reproduction without a trace
of audible resonances or cavity diffraction
distortions. The all-new 1-inch high-output
tweeter and low distortion 10-inch woofer
are combined with an advanced cabinet
incorporating an aluminum cap and bafe,
and curved 15-layer cabinet walls for
extreme rigidity. The result is unprecedented
purity, naturalness, and realistic sound.
Bandwidth: 32 Hz–35 kHz (-3 dB)
Amplitude Response: 33 Hz–26 kHz ±2 dB
Sensitivity: 90 dB @ 2.8 V-1m
Impedance: 4 ohms (2.8 ohms min.)
Recommended Power: 100-600 watts
12.5 w x 21 d x 45 h inches
91 pounds
conventional speaker designs, the
CS2.4 offers a new perspective in
loudspeaker performance for both
music and movies. The CS2.4 utilizes
a unique, innovative mid-tweeter array
that provides very high-quality 3-way
performance while requiring only a
2-way speaker’s electronic crossover
and driver magnet systems. This design
technique provides a much higher level
of performance than other speakers in
Amplitude Response: 36 Hz–25 kHz ±2 dB
Recommended Power: 100-400 watts
CS2.4
An innovative departure from
its price range.
Bandwidth: 33 Hz–37 kHz (-3 dB)
Sensitivity: 87 dB @ 2.8 V-1m
Impedance: 4 ohms (3 ohms min.)
11 w x 14 d x 41.5 h inches
70 pounds
The sound is totally exhilarating. The
CS1.6 incorporates an extremely wide
bandwidth woofer that greatly improves
performance in a small, oor-standing
loudspeaker, delivering a much purer and
more open upper midrange coupled with
a smoother high frequency performance.
Its high 90 dB efciency works well with
Amplitude Response: 52 Hz–20 kHz ±2 dB
Subwoofers
Patented, revolutionary technology for adding incredible bass extension to your
home theater or music system!
CS1.6
The look is sleek and unassuming.
CS1.6 establishes a new benchmark
in loudspeaker performance that
substantially reduces the entry price
into high-end sound. The 2-way
lower power ampliers
Bandwidth: 48 Hz–20 kHz (-3 dB)
Sensitivity: 90 dB @ 2.8 V-1m
Impedance: 4 ohms (3 ohms min.)
Recommended Power: 50-300 watts
9 w x 11.5 d x 35.5 h inches
38 pounds
THIEL’s revolutionary SmartSub® Technology effectively eliminates the room interaction, main speaker integration, and
distortion problems that traditionally plague subwoofers. THIEL’s unique, patented bass solutions deliver extraordinarily
seamless, clean, and deep low-frequency
reproduction for the most realistic home theater or music experience possible.
SS1, SS2, SS3, and SS4 subwoofer systems use all-THIEL designed high output, low distortion drivers to provide
exceptionally deep, uniform, and dynamic bass down to 10 Hz for any size room. Each is easily adjusted
to eliminate wall interaction problems for any room placement without the use of complicated
measurements or equipment using THIEL’s patented room correction technology. The result
is perfectly balanced bass regardless of placement. In addition, unique sub amplier circuitry
eliminates compression distortion to greatly improve dynamics and tonal response. The SS2,
SS3, and SS4 are powered by an internal 1000 watt high-efciency switching mode amplier,
and 500 watts for the SS1.
SS1
Driver Conguration:
1 x 10" woofers
Size: 11" W x 15.5" D x 20" H
up to 99 dB @ 20Hz, 106 dB @ 30
Amplier Power: 500 watts, RMS
Weight: 55 pounds
Acoustic Output:
Hz
Driver Conguration:
Size: 11" W x 20" D x 23.5" H
Weight: 108 pounds
up to 105 dB @ 20Hz, 112 dB @ 30
Amplier Power: 1000 watts, RMS
SS2
2 x 10" woofers
Acoustic Output:
Hz
SS3
Driver Conguration:
2 x 12" woofers
Size: 16" W x 20.75" D x 34" H
Weight: 167 pounds
Acoustic Output:
up to 109 dB @ 20Hz, 116 dB @ 30
Amplier Power: 1000 watts, RMS
Hz
THIEL’s
SS4
Driver Conguration:
2 x 15" woofers
Size: 19" W x 25" D x 51" H
Weight: 290 pounds
Acoustic Output:
up to 113dB @ 20Hz, 120dB @ 30
Amplier Power: 1000 watts, RMS
Hz
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PowerPoint® 1.2
In & On-Walls
PowerPlane® 1.2 &
HigherPlane 1.2
ViewPoint
®
Front/center/surround
on-wall/ceiling loudspeaker
This one-of-a-kind product provides all the
room-lling sonic performance of a great oor-
standing speaker without occupying any oor
space. The award-winning PowerPoint 1.2,
unlike traditional ceiling speakers, lls the
room from one end to the other with realistic
sound. Utilizing all the advanced engineering
features of our best oor-standing models, the
solid aluminum enclosure PowerPoint provides
unsurpassed clarity and dynamics
Bandwidth: 75 Hz–20 kHz (-3 dB)
Amplitude Response: 75 Hz–20 kHz ±3 dB
Sensitivity: 89 dB @ 2.8 V-1m
Impedance: 4 ohms (3 ohms min.)
Recommended Power: 30-200 watts
21 w x 6.5 d x 12 h inches
16 pounds
SmartSub® Integrator
Perfectly match a SmartSub to ANY
main speaker or use a Passive
Crossover for selected THIEL mod-
els.
Front/center/surround
in-wall/ceiling loudspeakers
Never doubt that great sound can be
yours even when space is a limitation.
The in-wall PowerPlane 1.2 and in-ceiling
HigherPlane 1.2 provide the most realistic
sound possible from the smallest places.
Unlike conventional in-wall and in-ceiling
speakers, the 2-way, aluminum cabinet
PowerPlane and HigherPlane’s coaxial/
coplanar drivers insure that you will hear
realistic, natural sound, regardless of
placement or listener position.
Bandwidth: 75 Hz–20 kHz (-3 dB)
Amplitude Response: 75 Hz–20 kHz ±3 dB
Sensitivity: 89 dB @ 2.8 V-1m
Impedance: 4 ohms (3 ohms min.)
Recommended Power: 30-200 watts
PowerPlane: 15.25 w x 4 d x 9 h inches, 9 lbs
HigherPlane: 11 diameter x 6.75 deep inches, 8 lbs
Shelf
On-wall loudspeaker for
at-panel, wall-mounted TVs
Stunning to both the ear and the eye, the
ViewPoint is custom-built to elegantly
integrate with any at-panel, wall-mounted
video display and wall-mounts directly
aside the display for a unied, original-
equipment look. The 2-way ViewPoint is
completely time and phase coherent, uses
very low distortion, coaxial/coplanar drivers
and its all-aluminum enclosure reduces
unwanted vibration for outstanding clarity,
dynamic and spatial performance.
Bandwidth: 70 Hz–20 kHz (-3 dB)
Amplitude Response: 75 Hz–20 kHz ±3 dB
Sensitivity: 88 dB @ 2.8 V-1m
Impedance: 4 ohms (3 ohms min.)
Recommended Power: 30-200 watts
8 w x 5 d x built-to-order height
18 pounds
SmartSub Integrator
PXO2 2-channel
Passive Crossover
PXO5 5-channel
Passive Crossover
The innovative SmartSub SI 1 Integrator pro-
vides near-perfect integration between a THIEL
subwoofer and virtually any pair of “main”
loudspeakers. The Integrator takes the guess-
work out of subwoofer crossover adjustments
for sonic performance as balanced and seam-
less as a full-range speaker. THIEL Passive Sub-
woofer Crossovers allow a THIEL subwoofer
to perfectly blend its output to augment the
output of select main THIEL speakers.
MCS1
Front/center/surround shelf or
stand loudspeaker
Both authoritative and masterful,
the 3-way MCS1 is ideally suited for
main, center, or rear channel use, and
is designed to provide outstanding
performance regardless of vertical,
horizontal, or stand placement. Its high
efciency, low distortion, and very high
output combined with magnetic shielding
make it perfect for high performance
home theater applications or for use in the
world’s best music systems.
Bandwidth: 47 Hz–23 kHz (-3 dB)
Amplitude Response: 50 Hz–20 kHz ±2 dB
Sensitivity: 90 dB @ 2.8 V-1m
Impedance: 4 ohms (3 ohms min.)
Recommended Power: 50-300 watts
10 w x 12.25 d x 28.5 h inches
61 pounds
SCS4
Front/center/surround shelf
or stand loudspeaker
Small yet extremely versatile. Unassuming
visually yet a sonic force. The SCS4 is a
2-way loudspeaker that performs equally
well as an excellent full-range stereo
pair, surround-sound, or center channel
speaker. Its coaxially-mounted drivers
and aluminum bafe contribute to the
SCS4’s outstanding delity making it as
comfortable in demanding music systems
as it is playing movie soundtracks or
background music.
Bandwidth: 48 Hz–20 kHz (-3 dB)
Amplitude Response: 48 Hz–20 kHz ±3 dB
Sensitivity: 88 dB @ 2.8 V-1m
Impedance: 4 ohms (3 ohms min.)
Recommended Power: 30-200 watts
8.5 w x 11 d x 17.5 h inches
25 pounds
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Innovative THIEL Design & Engineering
Driver Technology
CS3.7 woofer
• Unique short coil/long gap motor systems
dramatically reduce distortion for very clear and open
reproduction.
• Very rigid aluminum diaphragms eliminate resonance
coloration for exceptionally uniform frequency
response.
• Long excursion, long gap motor structures provide
greater output capability for realistically high sound
listening levels.
• Copper is used for magnetic eld stability and
reduced voice coil inductance to greatly reduce
distortion from secondary effects.
• Heavy cast chassis, very large magnet assemblies, and
very high quality parts throughout contribute to high
performance.
Cabinet Construction
• 1-inch thick or multi-layered ply cabinet walls
and extensive internal bracing signicantly increase
wall stiffness for much
greater clarity and
spatial performance.
• Front bafe vibrations
excited by driver
motions are greatly
reduced by using bafes
of machined aluminum
or up to 3-inch thick
berboard.
• Bafes are angled to
provide proper driver
time performance and
use rounded edges
to greatly reduce
unwanted diffraction
effects.
• Very high precision
custom designed CNC (computer numeric
controlled) machining centers achieve cabinet cut
tolerances of .2 of one millimeter for an exacting t
and structural integrity.
CS2.4 cabinet
Crossover Technology
CS2.4
crossover
network
• Special synthesized rst-order crossover systems
are designed to provide phase coherent transitions
between the very wide bandwidth drivers for much
greater realism, especially in the areas of spatial
performance and clarity. Instruments and voices
seem to occupy real space and have a much greater
”live“ quality to them.
• THIEL uses extensive electrical compensation
in the crossovers to correct frequency response
irregularities. This ensures that the exact timbre of
each specic sound is true to the original.
• THIEL’s crossovers use only the highest quality
components. Low distortion polypropylene and
custom-made polystyrene capacitors, and air-core
inductors wound with high purity copper are used for
the lowest distortion.
“ [THIEL speakers] are the result of sweat, artistry, engineering, cleverness, and
unwavering dedication to a common goal...some of the world’s most
supernatural sounding speakers”
— Scott Wasser, Robb Report’s Home Entertainment Magazine,
March/April 2007
We are honored…
22 CES Innovations
Design & Engineering
Awards
6
Audio/Video International
Grand Prix “Product of the
Year” Awards
6 The Absolute Sound &
Perfect Vision “Editors’
Choice” Awards
4 SoundStage
“Reviewers’ Choice”
Awards & '06 Hall of Fame
4 Electronic House
“Product of the Year”
Awards
Mark of Excellence
“Speaker of the Year”
Award
Ultimate Performance Loudspeakers
1026 Nandino Boulevard, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, USA
Telephone: 859-254-9427 • E-mail: [email protected] • Web: www.thielaudio.com
THIEL
4/07
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