Power for Thiel 7.2

kowkow
I strongly suggest to avoid Mac. I had 402 powering my thiel 2.3 and it just couldn't rock. I found it to be slow dynamicaly compressed with very poor bass responce and slam. It was generaly puting me to sleep. The only nice thing was midrange texture, sweet and organic.
But guess what? I got that and a lot more with SIMAUDIO W5 wich is so much better amp then MAC that it is like comparing hifi with true hi-end stuff.
I cannot comment on Pass as I never had it.

I'd suggest the Krell KMA 400's.

Thanks for the reply. Guess problem is there's usually not a prompt and I have left it at that, it's been two months afterall!
The dealer said no, and rep said no, and a few goners said no too - and I went X250.5. Couldnt afford an x350.5.
In a nutshell, I am baffled.
Have had it for almost 5 weeks now.
Mated to a ML26 preamp and Esoteric/Teac DV50s. ML 26 doesn't have XLR input and this seems to be the achilles heel. In short, at the moment, system sounds bright at times.

Compared with my old ML 27 100 watter, I honestly think the X250.5 doesn't mate well with the preamp. The improvement from the X250.5 is manifold - depth, transparency, detail, soundstage, air, holographic presentation. Dynamics is improved the nth degree.

But it may be too revealing and bright - could it be the DV50s? The warmth with the ML27 is now gone completely.

In any case, I had demo x350.5/JR synergy IIi/Metronome CD3/Avalon speakers - it was a beautiful combination. That's why I bought the X250.5.

Mr. Pass has been exceptionally helpful in my little journey and I cannot wait to pair up my Pass with the JR preamp. I very much suspect that as the signal is convereted from comac/single ended input to XLR output in the ML26 it is degraded, essentially asking the preamp to do the amp's job...

Ain't gonna work...

Hopeful, and appreciative of all well intentioned advice, and will certainly post my little review once I get everything on board...

Why don't you try some MIT cabling preferably Oracle. It has nice tonall balance with a lot of detail but never harsh or fatiguing. May be just what you miss.

BTW told you to get SIM AUDIO

I heard them sound great with a bridged pair of BAT VK60s.