Comparison between Thiel 3.6 and 2.4

I am currently using the 3.6s, which are probably the best used speaker deal going these days. Ok, well maybe not THE best, but you know what I mean. One thing with the 3.6s is the demands the make on an amp. I think your Ayre should be OK, especially if your room is small to medium.

Funny how Thiel owners that "strayed" for awhile always go back to Thiel sooner or later. I know I did.

Once that timbral accuracy gets in you, it sticks.

I've heard the 3.6 and 2.3, so this is subjective, in as much as these were the ones I liked/could afford at the time. The 3.6 didn't seem to "converge" the sound as well as the 2.3, even though the bass was deeper. For whatever reason, I felt the bass was seperated a little from the mid & tweter. This could have been due to sitting closer than eight feet from them also; I had a 9-foot distance from the 2.3's.

I feel your decision on which one to get needs to start with the size room you plan to put them in. Both the 3.6 and 2.4 like to be spread wide, pointed straight ahead, not near any walls, and with the listener at least 8 feet away for the 2.4, and probably 9-10 feet for the 3.6.

The 3.6 will have deeper bass, but I feel the 2.4 does everything else better. The single unit midrange/tweeter eliminates a critical crossover element that makes the 2.4 a more well rounded speaker. The impediance curve on the 2.4 also gives you more flexibility with amplifiers.