Highest Performance, Purest Enjoyment
The new CS3.7 midrange driver diaphragm technology allows unprecedented purity and sweetness of midrange reproduction
Announcing what may be THIEL's finest loudspeaker in 30 years–the new CS3.7. The CS3.7 is a 3-way, floor standing speaker that utilizes all newly developed drivers. A very high output 1-inch tweeter is coincidently mounted in the center of a 5-inch midrange that incorporates a new ribbed diaphragm geometry. "The new midrange driver diaphragm technology allows unprecedented purity and sweetness of midrange reproduction," says designer, Jim Thiel. "The entire sonic spectrum is completely uncolored by any resonances, ringing, or energy storage from either the midrange or tweeter diaphragms."
They expect the CS3.7 to be shipping in June 2007.
Drivers Engineered for Excellence
A revolutionary breakthrough in driver design
The CS3.7's drivers represent state-of-the art technology and engineering. Unique short coil/long gap motor systems dramatically reduce distortion; very rigid aluminum diaphragms eliiminate resonance coloration for exceptionally uniform frequency response; long excursion motor structures provide greater output capability for realistically high volume levels; and copper rings are are used for magnetic field stability to greatly reduce distortion from secondary effects.
Crossovers Engineered for Excellence
The CS3.7 delivers complete phase coherence for astonishing clarity, transparency, and three-dimensional imaging.
The CS3.7 crossover is a true first order acoustic type that provides the utmost in spatial and depth imaging performance as well as overall realism. This is the only type of crossover that provides complete accuracy of amplitude, phase, time, and energy, and therefore the only type that does not distort the musical waveform. Proper application of this gradual-transition type of crossover requires the use of more expensive drivers with wider frequency ranges than are required for use with common quick-transition crossovers but the benefits also include improved uniformity of the speaker's output in all directions.
The CS3.7 crossover is meticulously engineered to achieve extreme tonal neutrality and is constructed with extensive use of polypropylene and custom polystyrene capacitors.
Cabinets Engineered for Excellence
The CS3.7's aluminum cap, machined aluminum front baffle, and 15-layer ply cabinet walls to practically elminate unwanted vibration for utter tonal neutrality and exceptionally realistic imaging.
The cabinet plays an enormously important role in the quality of music reproduction and so the engineering of the CS3.7’s cabinet incorporates several innovations that contribute to the speaker’s stunning clarity, its utter tonal neutrality and its exceptionally realistic imaging.
CS3.7 specifications
Woofer: 10” with wave-shaped aluminum diaphragm, 3” diameter voice coil, 5 lb magnet in a 13 lb structure, copper pole ring, copper pole sleeve, short coil/ long gap design with 14 mm Xmax, die-cast chassis
Midrange: 4.5” with wave-shaped aluminum diaphragm, 3” diameter voice coil, 115 g (4 oz) neodymium magnet, copper pole sleeve, short coil/ long gap design with 6 mm Xmax, die-cast chassis
Tweeter: 1” aluminum dome, 64 g (2.3 oz) neodymium magnets, copper pole sleeve, short coil/ log gap design with 3 mm Xmax, coincidently mounted with midrange
Passive Bass Diaphragm: 10” wave-shaped diaphragm
Bandwidth (-3 dB): 32 Hz – 35 kHz
Frequency response: 33 Hz – 26 kHz ±2 dB
Phase response: minimum ± 10°
Sensitivity (2.8v – 1m, true anechoic): 90 dB
Impedance: 4 ohm (2.8 ohm min)
Recommended power: 100 – 600 watts
Size (w x d x h): 12.5 x 21 x 45 in /32 x 53 x 114 cm
Weight: 91 lb 41.5 kg
Cabinet Finishes
To complement a variety of decorating tastes, we offer a number of cabinet finishes and grille fabric colors. Finishes other than Walnut, Black Ash, Cherry, Oak, and Maple, and grille cloth other than Black, are offerred for an additional charge. Custom finishes are also available. All of our veneers are hand-selected to obtain the most beautiful characteristics of the wood. Speakers are built as a pair from the very beginning of the manufacturing process. The veneer for each pair is mirror matched by hand, creating visual balance and harmony between the two speakers for an elegant effect.
We take pride in our woodworking and ability to provide a variety of finishes and grille fabrics to fit your home's decor. We hope you enjoy our work.
Walnut, White Oak, Birds-eye Maple, Maple, Natural Cherry, Black Ash, Teak, Amberwood, Striped Mahogany, Dark Cherry, Morado, Composite Ebony.
Source: Thiel web site
