Thiel Owners

Anyone interested in a near mint pair of amberwood CS6s? If so let me know and I'll post the ad.

I have 2.4s and the 6s are too large for my room since I moved a little over a year ago. Time for them to have a good home elsewhere.

@prof, that is fun reading.  I definitely agree that the 3.7s are not exceptionally hard to drive.  They appreciate some power but I don't believe you need a megabuck amp to get a lot out of them.  Maybe a huge solid state amp would make a little difference but I'd be surprised if it was big.  My pedestrian amps sound great to me.  The punch is great, bass has great texture, they seem extremely transparent top to bottom.  The transients are so sharp that on some recordings they're jarring and exhausting.  I've been thinking about digging out my Musical Fidelity tube buffer to soften things a little bit on recordings that shouldn't be heard too clearly.

stevecham

Good to read that you still own the CS 2.4 loudspeaker. I know that those CS6s will find the next home.  Happy Listening!

One of my favourite sounds are the times I used my little Eico HF81 14/w side classic tube amp on my big Thiel 3.7s!

It was utterly glorious - rich, open, detailed, sparkly transients - they sounded even bigger than they ever had before.

Really the only negative...if it was a negative...was that the bass became a bit "bigger." (I'm presuming from less damping).  I say "bigger" not "looser" because the bass didn't really become loose or flubby so much as just...bigger and richer...a bigger bass booty ;-)

Ultimately my CJ Premier 12s and pre-amp make for a bit more even sound top to bottom and allow for easier control of the system (e.g. my pre-amp has remote control which I need as my amps are in a separate room from my speakers).  But if that weren't the case, I would have used that little eico on the big Thiels more often.

I still have to get around to trying it on the 2.7s!  (But..well...that project is now delayed...)

prof

over on the other Audio forums, there are Thiel owners enjoying tube amps from ARC and Rogue Audio.  Happy Listening!