Thiel Owners

I picked my bryston 3b st to drive my 3.5 and with a impedance of 5, and worked out really well. For my 3.7 I have decided on the 7b St monoblocks that I will run in parallel bridged mode, resulting in 500 Watts at 3 ohm and all the current that can could be needed. I also looked at the 14bsst but was told that it could not be converted to parallel mode so the 7b St were the last ones that could be switched parallel or serial.

Question for the Thiel owners and enthusiasts here:  If you could buy a pair of CS5's or CS7.2's for the same price in similar condition, which would you pick (and why!)?

With all the Bryston love, I'm sure a tube-head's opinion isn't welcome.But....

For my own personal taste, I had the Bryston 4BST for a number of years just to be able to test on a variety of speakers - an amp I could always throw in that would drive anything, even though I mostly used tube amps.


Never could keep it in the loop too long.  I sooo much preferred CJ tube amps on my speakers, including the Thiel CS6.

My pal is going through one of his "I'm fed up with the hassle of tubes" phases.  Replaced his tube amps with a big new Bryston.  All vinyl system.  He's very happy with the sound.   Me...I definitely miss what to me was the more natural, organic presentation he had before.


But, that's personal taste for you.