Update:
First off, thanks for all the suggestions, thoughts, discussion. It was helpful.
I ended up buying a used pair (recent build, 2 years ago) of Parasound Halo JC1's, which are on the way. I hope I made the right decision. According to specs, they have enough power to drive anything down to 2 Ohms, but keeping fingers crossed that they will sound good.
In addition I upgraded my pre to an ARC Ref 5SE. So hoping that the Thiels will finally sing.
Now, I have for sale the Manley 250 monoblocks (I checked tube bias yesterday and they are all on), the ARC Ref 2MkII pre, the ARC PH3 Phono, and a Transparent Ultra RCA 1m interconnect cable.
First off, thanks for all the suggestions, thoughts, discussion. It was helpful.
I ended up buying a used pair (recent build, 2 years ago) of Parasound Halo JC1's, which are on the way. I hope I made the right decision. According to specs, they have enough power to drive anything down to 2 Ohms, but keeping fingers crossed that they will sound good.
In addition I upgraded my pre to an ARC Ref 5SE. So hoping that the Thiels will finally sing.
Now, I have for sale the Manley 250 monoblocks (I checked tube bias yesterday and they are all on), the ARC Ref 2MkII pre, the ARC PH3 Phono, and a Transparent Ultra RCA 1m interconnect cable.