Thiel Owners

Jafant I doubt I'll move up the BAT chain because they don't make a tube amp I can afford with higher power. Or at least I'm not aware of. 

Prof I am using a Audio Research Ref 110. Like your Premiers it really grips the speaker and brings it into focus.  It probably won't leave my house lol. Well ar least hopefully not.  

Tom I had to read your post a couple times (lack of technical knowledge) but I think I understand what you're saying.  In a nutshell Thiels need current  :)

Also the 2nd half of what you are saying makes perfect sense.  The quality of the source is critical.  Basically garbage in garbage out.  

Sam - sorry for the dense language. The insight that is somewhat obscure is on the listener-cognition side of the equation. Phase coherence lifts a veil that allows the listener to believe the sound is real, and therefore the sound is subjected to a much higher level of scrutiny. So the garbage sounds worse on Thiels. 

Samzx12 - thanks for the note re the improved sq with more tube power - I am greatly enjoying my first tube amp, also a vk-55, but know there’s something(s) better out there.  What are your thoughts about running two BATs in mono? 

Sam, I had an ARC Ref 110 before my current Ref 150. Terrific match with the Thiels, even my hard to drive CS3.6s. I saw that you preferred the 8 ohm taps on the BAT VK55. I originally preferred the 4 ohm tap on my Ref 150, but I haven't switched back since I originally purchased the amp. What do you prefer with the Ref 110?