{"product_id":"need-info-theil-cs3","title":"Theil CS3 Floorstanding Speakers","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eJim Thiel built the CS3 around one idea he refused to compromise on: time coherence. Every driver on the same acoustic plane, first-order crossovers throughout, a sloped baffle that physically aligns the tweeter, midrange, and dual woofers so the sound arrives at your ears as a single coherent wavefront instead of a smeared series of arrivals. Most speaker designers treat time alignment as a nice-to-have. Thiel treated it as the whole point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe result is a speaker that images with unusual precision and throws a soundstage that doesn't collapse when you move off-axis. The CS3 is a three-way design — 1-inch aluminum dome tweeter, 4-inch midrange, dual 8-inch woofers — with the kind of coherence between drivers that makes the crossover points effectively disappear. It wants a capable amplifier; the 4-ohm load and modest sensitivity reward proper power. Give it what it needs and it disappears into the music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is what American high-end speaker design looked like when it was done without shortcuts. The CS3 holds up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDue to size and weight, this item may incur an additional shipping surcharge and is listed as Store Pick Up Only. Contact us for a quote if you wish to have it Shipped.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhone: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e888-248-3246\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmail: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" href=\"mailto:info@echohifi.com\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003einfo@echohifi.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/gear-inquiry\" class=\"button button--primary\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"btn-text\"\u003eInquire Now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46821573820553,"sku":"CS3-2303-04","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/4557\/0185\/files\/7_dd9d6feb-15b0-4bc3-a1a5-ca8f364b807d.png?v=1779982385","url":"https:\/\/echohifi.com\/products\/need-info-theil-cs3","provider":"Echo Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}