Thiel Owners

@jafant Happy New Year - ALL

Happy New Year to you as well!

My life with my CS5i's continues. I made a major improvement in my sound with a new EVO B4B DAC. Added detail and musicality.

I just added a Don Sachs DS2 preamp that is not yet fully broken in. It makes the treble more clear and increases my width/depth of soundstage. It also has improved the live like quality - presence and sparkle.

My experience is the CS5i tweeters have been more work to make sound good than the bass. The more high quality detail I feed them, the better they like it.

That said, I am still itching to try a pair of more efficient speakers so I can run a tube amp. Unfortunately, I am not aware of any such speaker that is similar in  sound to the Thiels. Any suggestions?

What is wrong with me!

Thanks for listening, 

Dsper

@dsper, Some of the Meadowlark’s have similar design goals as the Thiel’s and are more accommodating of tubes. With that said, some of them used now irreplaceable drivers, and IMHO the Thiel’s are just better, Then again, while I can appreciate some of the charms of tubes, ultimately I prefer ss,

YMMV.

@unsound ...the Thiel’s are just better...

I suspect that may be right but I can't help wondering.

Maybe I need to try a seond setup with a good pair of standmounts and tube amp just to try it.

@unsound ...the Thiel’s are just better...

I suspect that may be right but I can't help wondering.

Maybe I need to try a seond setup with a good pair of standmounts and tube amp just to try it.

dsper

I liked the B&W 805 standmount speakers with a Tube amp.

Happy Listening!