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Thiel 3.6 owners - what components are you using?

Thiel 3.6 owners - what compenents are you using with your amp?

I use a Krell amp and Levinson pre-amp but always wonder what it would be like with other gear. I think the Krell's fast and forward sound works well with the Thiels. Gets them rockin'!

Wish my soundstage had a touch more cohesion and height, but then, trade-offs always exist and one must pick and choose the strengths in one's stereo. ... Or is this an issue of speaker positioning? I've worked hard to move my speakers around until they "disappeared".

What have your experiences have been with other amps and pre-amps for these speakers? Tube pre-amps?

Here are some threads covering similar ground:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1005154881

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&986948193
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pops
2,275 posts
 
Turnaround, I've changed a few things since my Feb post (hope the wife doesn't read this) I now use CJ premier 14, MIT 350 ref and 350 shotgun EVO and currently goertz MI 2 speaker cables with greater satisfaction than before...
hifijunky
126 posts
 
Opera Consanance M800 Tube Monoblocks, Staight Wire Maestro speaker cables. Opera Consanance Reference 1.1 preamp. Siltec 4-56 interconnects. Had a AR Classic 60 and Audible Illusions M3a preamp. The Consanance equipment brought my system to another level. Much more detailed.
tbird
33 posts
 
Why at all the shows do they use Classe?
unsound
7,332 posts
 
Tbird, with all due respect, they don't use Classe at all the shows.
rstone
17 posts
 
Unsound is correct they don't always use Classe - although if I was buying a new amp to replace my Carver, Classe would be at the top of my audition list. Some of the best sound that's ever graced my ears have been the 3.6s teamed up with a Classe amp.

Can't believe I didn't get "ridiculed" for using budget gear with my Thiels, either everyone hear is just being polite or snickering quietly (or both)! Look forward to hearing what everyone else is using with thier 3.6s...
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