Thiel Owners

jab

Always good to see you here. Thank You for weighing in on Tube amp for our beloved Thiel loudspeakers.

Happy Listening!

Hi all, 

  Hope everyone had a great new year.  So it took a few days but I'm now the proud owner of a pair of 3.6s being fed by a Mark Levinson 23.5:)  The 3.6s will need a tweeter repaired which I'm waiting on Rob to get to back to me about, but they were a deal nonetheless and even with the issue, they sound great- very natural and room filling at the same time.  I'll hold off any observations till the issue is resolved, but I wanted to ask your thoughts on skipping a pre amp and just using a DAC, since my inputs will be all digital for now.  I'm considering the RME ADI2 or perhaps something simpler without all the features, is anyone out there skipping the preamp altogether and using the DAC alone?  Can the pre amp really give me more?  As some of you have pointed out, giving tubes a try would certainly be fun.  I suspect some of the hi-fi preamps with digital inputs and balanced outs, etc. could end up out of my price range.  

Side note- I still have the option to pick up the CS6s which I'm seriously considering, but one thing at a time and this made sense financially for me. Decisions decisions:)  Thanks all!

coop_301

Nice! score. Enjoy the ML/Thiel combination as you assemble the rest of your system.

Happy Listening!

Hi guys, happy new year to all Thiel lovers.

Today the Audionet dealer is coming to my place to demo the Audionet Max monoblocks and preamp in my system.

This is going to be interesting to hear how my Diablo 300 compares to the Audionet separates.

Pretty soon i will also have the Cardas distributor come to my place to try Cardas Clear Reflection IC and SC and who knows perhaps Clear Beyond.