Thiel CS3.6

I own an ARC VT100 MKII and can get a Thiel CS3.6 at a reasonable price. Is the VT100 capable of driving the 3.6 adequately?

jld196504-10-2010 2:26am

unsound Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,329 posts 04-21-2010 at 03:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Newbee, you should have heard those Thiels with a bigger Threshold! What tube pre did you use with the Threshold/Thiels?
newbee Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,767 posts 04-21-2010 at 03:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Unsound, I used (and still do) an ARC SP10II. It was revelatory in its hey day. I wasn't so wild about the matching D115II though. Phono stage is still pretty good. And if I ever find some mint SA 1's I'll buy them just for the nostalgia effect if nothing else. :-) BTW, I'm assuming you are familiar with Thresholds 'optical bias' which was introduced after the initial production of the SA series. Did you find it added to the sound, quality wise? I never heard it but the feedback I got was that it sort of brighten them up a bit.
unsound Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,329 posts 04-21-2010 at 05:39pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I hope the OP won't mind this? Newbee, I haven't compared non-optical bias with an optical bias units. I've been told by someone I trust in these matters that the optical-bias helped a great deal with maintaining the bias and even more with overall reliability.