Thiel Owners

Never any need to apologize- unsound.
There is nothing wrong w/ being practical (dogmatic) about our wonderful hobby. It is quite easy to get lost within the manufacturers' hype, as these companies, attempt to sell their wares to the general public.


I started this thread for ALL of us. The good and bad, positive and negative,
difference of opinions.  No doubt that I am looking for a power amp that can double-down into the 2-Ohm region.  Pass Labs and Krell will fit that bill.

Am I missing any other power amp manufacturers?
Ayre? Classe' ?

Happy Listening!

Excellent counter- Dave,

I agree that a hodge/podge of gear, cabling and tweaks can work in any system.  Careful product selection, time and patience will pay off, no doubt.

This would be the proverbial" flip-side" of the more practical coin.
Fun too!

Happy Listening!

Jafant, i was at the Paris high end show last weekend and was able to audition the latest gear on different speakers.
You asked in an ealier post about lastest Mark Levinson gear, well i was able to audition the n° 519 all in one network player with a pair of n° 536 monoblocks driving TAD Compact Reference and i can tell you i was very disappointed.
The Mark Levinson gear was very bright and fatiguing.
I was considering this gear for my CS 3.7 but for this kind of money i can have much better.
I liked very much the Gryphon Diablo 300, pretty warm, organic and what a base slam.That would be the integrated to choose for the bigger Thiels.
As of seperates 4 good options are the Hegel H30, the Dan d'Agostino Classic amp, Modwright KWA 150 in stereo or mono config and last but not least Aesthetix amps and preamp.
I'm going to audition Aesthetix gear this thursday at a dealer's.
If you have the budget and want to go much higher end you have Steve McCormack's SMC audio gear.
Regards,

Thieliste