Thiel 3.6 to Eggleston Andras II

Thanks Ozzy, nice system btw...

Hi Pops, your Mac will work I owned a pair and actually had them paired up with the Andras with my ARC REF3. Then I had a chance to audition the Pass X600.5's again paired up with the ARC REF3 and prefered the sonics over all across the spectrum, no comparison actually. Notice how the ARC REF3 stays, that's a great pce and long term keeper always connected with balanced cables.

Just trying to assist because I've been there and done it already but those new Pass amps weren't out at the time so that's why I mentioned them also. I've heard the comparision in a friends set-up and preferred the new design by a large margine, only down factor is they do run warmer.

So to fast track and save your self some money and time this would be my sugestion;

Andra II's
ARC REF3 pre
Amps
Pass 100 or preferably 160's if you have a larger space and you are done for a very long time.

Pops if you refer to Ozzy system you will see some of my post in 2007, also you can refer to my past threads and find info. Absolutely a great speaker!

Hi Ozzy how's it going, Happy new Year! we haven't chaited for a while, I'm still loven my MBL 101E's.

Regarding James63's advice about auditioning the Revel Salons: I would like to chime in that I owned the (Original) Salon's smaller brother, the Studio, and while it is a fine speaker, it is not quite in the same class as the Andra II. (I have auditioned the Salons too though, and they are basically just a Studio with deeper bass response.)

The bass response is the Revel's strength, as it is fairly deep, and very fast, (although no faster than the Andra II's Isobaric twin 12" woofers). The Salon does go deeper than the Andra II, but the Studio was not as deep as the Andra II is.

However, the mid-range while very neutral, is not as musical as the Andra II's is. Vocals on the Andra II are better than the Revel was capable of reproducing.

And the treble response on the Revel, while being very well extended, is not nearly as refined as the Andra II's Isotar tweeter. (This was the very first thing I noticed when I hooked up the Andra II speakers after having owned the Revel Studios for many years.)

In addition, the soundstaging and imaging of the Revel speaker while very good, not in the same class as the excellent imaging and soundstaging of the Andra II, (which is one of its strengths). The Andra II speakers disappear from the soundstage as well as any speaker I have ever heard, period, which is one of the things I really like about them. (They and the Avalon Eidolons are champs in this regard, in the $20-25K speaker class range.)

FYI, these commments are based upon the orginal Revel Ultima line of speakers, and not the current version, which I understand is better than the first.

And, as long as people are giving you alternative suggestions, I highly recommend giving the Avalon Eidolons (or the Avalong Indra, its replacement), an audition, as they are good competition to the Andra IIs. They have slightly less bass response, but have a slightly flatter frequency response in the mid-bass region, which while not being quite as good for rock, makes them slightly better for classical music, (IMHO anyway).

Those are my two more cents worth. (So now you have four cents worth of my advice!) ;-)

If you like everything about the 3.6 but want more dynamics I'd seriously think about adding a sub, but not just any I'd look at a REL. You be really shocked at what one can do for deep bass, and dynamics and they really open up the sound stage too. New B series are killer.