What speaker is this? why is it so expensive??!

[Optical]

Is anybody able to identify this speaker?
(check out the amps in the background too)

 

[Cal Weldon]

Just curious...If you don't know what it is how do you know that it's expensive?

Looks like a 4 way with woofer and two PR's...nes pas?

Cal

 

[leadbelly]

If you don't know what speaker it is, how do you know it is expensive?

 

[Cal Weldon]

I see we think alike

 

[cowanrg]

i cant think of the name of the speaker off the top of my head, but it isnt cheap if i remember correctly.

and those amps are halcros. and it looks like some VTL geat on top.

 

[B Cullingford]

I know what it is ... try building it, and make a profit, and have the dealer make a profit. Still I do not know what they cost so...

 

[ScottG]

Its the old thiel loudspeakers CS (7 I think.. maybe it was numbered 6 or 9 - anyway), this was in the early 90's and late 80's when they were still using OEM drivers. Now of course they make their own drivers. At the time it was the top of their product line and I think was priced at over 12k retail. Like all Thiels - it uses a very complex 1st order crossover (..I know it doesn't seem like a 1st order should be complex - but trust me, this speaker's crossover is VERY complex).

 

[soongsc]

That certainly looks like Thiel baffle design and enclosure.

 

[Geenius]

Yep, its the Thiel CS-5i. Has very low impedance in the bass due to the 3 8" woofers running parallel. The mid is a Focal, tweeters by the German Company WHD if I'm not mistaken. I must still have the original brochure somewhere.

 

[Peter Daniel]

Here it is:

 

[Peter Daniel]

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[Gregm]

Actually a nice sounding speaker, as far as I remember. At least to my ears at the time (i.e. years ago).

Also the kind of speaker that offered the macho pride of "impossible to drive hence only megawatt PS need apply", etc.

 

[ScottG]

Yep, its the Thiel CS-5i. Has very low impedance in the bass due to the 3 8" woofers running parallel. The mid is a Focal, tweeters by the German Company WHD if I'm not mistaken. I must still have the original brochure somewhere.

Ahh, the "5"!

MB Quart.. their midrange dome was all the rage at that time.

In point of fact (having listened to both the "7" and the "5"), the 7 really isn't better than the old 5i (in some respects it sounds better, but in other respects the 5i sounds better).

 

[Optical]

Wow, nice going
Basically the photos got sent a a guy here at work and we were trying to work out what they were.. all that $$$ gear belongs to his brother in laws father
thanks again!