Thiel Owners

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

Good to see you again- Thieliste

Do you live in France? The Paris show is excellent, I read the reviews every year.  Much Thanks! for posting your thoughts and impressions.

A few years ago, I had a demo w/ a system featuring TAD speakers as well.
I was not impressed, especially, for that kind of money? So, the presentation may not be of ML fault?  Every time I have demo'ed ML gear, I was not disappointed- even w/ Aerial loudspeakers (another disappointment).

Have not had an opportunity to audition Dan D'Agostino's gear,
Gryphon as Jond pointed out, Hegel nor MW.  I have spent time w/ the Aesthetix gear- it is excellent!  You will enjoy your listening time.

As always, do not forget to give a shout-out to your local dealer/retailer.

2nd Note Thieliste;

my demo w/ the Aesthetix gear was in a combo Macbook server/Oppo 105D, Vandy Treo/Quattro loudspeakers.  It was a little tough to discern any fault(s) in that system. Both the Treo/Quattro speakers a very difficult to set up and dial-in to a room (i have read).  I can report that the room was dead quiet and sound -proofed to the max, courtsey of John Fort Audio in Dallas TX.  

I did spend a few different listening sessions over a few different weeks for good measure.  In the past, I have enjoyed several Vandy auditions- the 2CE/Ci and 3A / A Signature speakers.  IMO, these sound better than the Treo/Quattro.  Overall, Vandy is not Thiel, which is the reason why, I prefer
the CS Series- CS 2.4, CS 2.4SE, CS 2.7 & the mighty CS 3.7 loudspeakers.

Happy Listening!

Jafant, Not all Pass Labs and Krell's can keep doubling down to 2 Ohms. Furthermore, even if a manufacturer suggests that they can, it might be prudent to check third party testing results such as those found in Stereophile, etc.. I quite often find that manufacturer claims, even from some of the more popular and respected brands frequently don't measure up to expectations. While I don't have a lot of confidence in all of the loudspeaker measurements, there seems to be little to fault with regard to their electronics measurements.