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Thiel CS 2 2 vs. Vandersteen 2CE

I like them both, but I'm curious to hear reactions to both. I'm currently powering Snell EII (which I really love; I've had Snell Es for almost 20 years now) with Forte F 55 and F 44 amp/preamp. 80% of my music is rock.

Thanks!
mockturtle
jeffb28451
129 posts
 
Never owened, but have shopped hard and listened a bit to Theil: harder to drive, treble set for 3 meters, rather than 2 meters, (at least, in older Theils) so treble may be rather brighter. Have owned several Vandies, I like the Vandies, but they don't rock quite as well.

Flame on, Vandy fans
unsound
7,365 posts
 
The archives might be of help here.
rtn1
535 posts
 
I think the Thiel 3.6 has a better reputation than the 2.2. I'd be willing to bet it would be worth the extra bit of money.
mockturtle OP
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Thank you all. I found the threads Unsound was referring to and they are really helpful. Now I worry that if I did go with Thiels (and was leaning that way) that they'll sound horrible because of something bad upstream (that I might not have realized was bad until I got the things home).

Rtn: I don't have the amp to drive the 3.6, unfortunately (Forte F 55, AB, 100W).
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