Anyone out there had any success with tube amps and Thiel 3.6's or any Thiels? Currently I am using Classe 200, haven't run out of gas yet. I'm wondering if there is a tube amp that will drive these speakers.
I have a pair of 3.6's. The impedence dips down to between 2 and 3 ohms at certain frequencies. I recommend that you stay with a (good) solid state amp. You don't need to get tubes to make the Thiels sound good.
There must be many... I heard a pair of KR enterprise 6000 (I think) drive the 3,6 well -- but at a cost. Surely, big Jadis, Lamm & the like would do. Again, very expensive! I like tubes, but also find the 3,6 a difficult load at times (a good friend has these and we have experimented around: he also wanted tubes) and perhaps sticking to ss is a solution for now... Cheers
Hi Pops, It's been awhile but I used to own your speakers and tried a bunch of tube amps but could never get the power they seemed to need, I then sold them to a guy and hooked the up to his MacIntosh MC-75's and we both about fell over it was simply incredible. I tried to reneg and buy his amps but no deal. Try it. Good luck
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