Thiel Owners


Guys-

I just scored a sweet pair of CS 2.4SE loudspeakers. Anyone else currently or previously owned this model?
Owners of the CS 2.4 or CS 2.7 are free to chime in as well. Thiel are excellent w/ both tubed or solid-state gear!

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
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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.

Happy new year to fellow Thiel lovers and fans.

To kick off 2022, I placed an order with Rob for a pair of 2.7 coaxial drivers. Now, I can't wait for it to arrive!

 

@thieliste oh boy, that sounds like a fun shootout that I would like to experience and be part of. I do think (maybe a little bias) that the Audionet will be a good match with Thiels.

Please share your impressions with us!

coop_301

I use a passive pre-amp ( attenuator and input selector )  with an all tube phone preamp and CD player powered by a McCormack DNA-250 without the need for more gain from a powered preamp .

Your Mark Levinson amp has more than enough power to forgo a powered preamp , if you go back at least 40 pages back you'll read about another Thiel / Spectal digital only owner asking the same question . 

The question is do you want any other features that preamps offer ?