Best Amp/pre-amp for Thiel 6s

I posted on audiogon some time back asking others what they were using with their Thiel 3.6s. You are lucky to have a lot of room to work with for the speakers.

I use a Krell amp through Thiel 3.6 speakers. I don't have a lot of experience with how other amps would match up to the Thiels, but I never felt the amp to be a weak link in my chain of components. I like a "fast" sound, and I don't hear my amp sagging behind or make the music woolly.

The Krell does get warm and is limited to balanced inputs (something to think about when you match pre-amps). Good resale value if you do find it lacking after living with it for some time.

Another thing to think about: I've found that Cardas cables work great on my system, especially for Joni Mitchell CDs. They add richness and warmth to voices and acoustic guitars without curbing that quickness I like.

Please let us know what you find and hear as you listen around. E-mail me offline if you want to talk more about my system.

You might consider a pair of SimAudio W-5 amp's and perhaps Sim's P5 preamp. If you want a no-holds-barred powerful (300wpc@8ohm) and extremely fast amp at a reasonable price, look for a used McCormack DNA-2 at about $1800 and send it to Steve McCormack who for $2500 will upgrade the sonics that few can come close.

I had a pair of CS 6's and found that Classe Amps work real well with them. If you look back at some of the Audio shows you will see alot of Thiel, Classe combo's. The Classe amps IMHO are much more mucical than Krell and you can find several on this site for sale. I would recommend the Ca 300 0r the newer 301. I also used Audio Research pre-amps as I thought they worked well together along with MIT cables. With Thiel speakers I dont think you can have to much power, just make sure all other componets are top shelf or your Thiels will let you know. But as always let your ears be the judge. Good Luck!