Thiel Owners

Good to have you back in the fold of things - dancastagna
I wonder as well how many are using a newer or more recent, 2000 and forward, Classe' power amp?  The 90's models seem to be coveted.
I guess we all can query about an older, 1999 and backward, Krell or Mark Levinson?
Happy Listening!

Dan, I don't know that amp. The power specs look great and they withhold the lower impedance specs due to AC-mains overload with all channels firing. Nothing like a real audition to prove its merits to you.

Audition not possible, I have watched the 5300 sell in a day or so but the 5200 linger. Thank you for helping the newbe! I know this is a really bad topic but you guys know better than anyone,  the seller of amp has a pair         https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis91f0c-mcintosh-cs3m-speaker-cables-2-meter-pair-speaker   will these work with 2.7 ?

There are well respected amplifiers that don't double. Ayre, for example.

Ayre doesn't give a 2 Ohm spec but not sure why you wrote this. Ayre specs *all* of their amps as doubling into 4 Ohms. The AX-5 JA measured did show signs of stress at 2 Ohms but otherwise reacted well as the current demand increased on his test bench. I have the Twenty version of the AX-5 which is said to have slightly improved power over the original version and I will attest that it sounds really effing good driving my CS2.4SEs  :)

Hi Tom, 

Thanks for the reply. Gives me some hope I have nothing to worry about with the caps.

Dsper