Thiel Owners

Good to see you -vair68Robert
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Excellent suggestion - ronkent
a REL subwoofer makes a nice addition to any system. Good to learn that it can compliment the CS 2.7 loudspeaker.

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Since I have had my 2.4's I have been playing with cables. I have a dozen different ones I have gathered over the years. Nothing high priced. But I thought I would mention that my system seemed to click in to another level when I put in the van den hul 'the first' ic's.  They seem to open up the sound stage for me and keep things natural sounding which is my highest priority. Have any of you moved on from these to anything else that contributes to a 'more' natural sound? Thanks

Good to see you- marqmike

When I was auditioning Thiel speakers, the only cabling brand that I heard was, Audioquest. I do not believe that I have ever read about a brand that did not jive well w/ Thiel? I will add that due to these speakers' high resolution capability, cabling with Silver, could present an issue.

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Hello,
After asking questions about amp choices I was encouraged to join in on the Thiel Owners Forum. I currently own the original Theil 2.4's I purchased them brand new, I believe just about 12 years ago , I think? I know that the 10 year warantee is expired but in all the time I owned them Thiel was always very good to me. For some reason, and we could never figure it out, I lost the coherent driver on the same right side speaker, twice! Thiel replaced the driver on both occasions with no hassle. What I am wondering is since the 2.4's and the 2.4 SB's use the same dimension of drivers is there anyway I can upgrade my standard 2.4's to the 2.4 SB's?
Also I am currently trying to decide between the Ayre V-5xe, that was the amp I used to drive them with before, or should I go with the Pass Labs X250? The V-5 is $2,750 and the Pass Labs is $2,600. Both amps are in great condition the Ayre is in Black (which was a $250 up-charge) and it is the original owner. But the Pass Labs beats out the Ayre by 100 W/Ch @500 W/Ch @ 4 Ohms. Anyone have some good advice for me?
Thank You,
David