Thiel Owners


Guys-

I just scored a sweet pair of CS 2.4SE loudspeakers. Anyone else currently or previously owned this model?
Owners of the CS 2.4 or CS 2.7 are free to chime in as well. Thiel are excellent w/ both tubed or solid-state gear!

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
128x128jafant
I have just received an 11 foot pair of Van Den Hul D-352 Speaker Cables they are without termination.
I would like to connect my CS-5 speakers to my Conrad Johnson Premier 350sa power amplifier.
Both are factory unmodified 5 way binding posts.
I am asking this group for recommendations based on sound quality from experience. Thank You All in Advance!

@jafant You might be interested to read the new AX-5 Twenty review in Hifi News
https://www.hifinews.com/content/ayre-ax-5-twenty-integrated-amplifier

On the bench, it produced 650 W into a 1 load under “dynamic conditions” (I think this similar to the tonebursts that Stereophile did for an interval, more music like than steady state test signals; not specified whether that was for one or two channels driven). Eye-popping how much more powerful the Twenty is compared to the original even though Ayre did not change the spec. Pretty well confirms what my ears hear paired with the CS2.4.

@unsound  

^Does the Class A drop, maintain or increase as impedance load is lowered?

Response from CODA

It drops. This is the nature of the calculation and is true for every amplifier.

CODA

So are there amps that maintain the Class A on lowered impedance?
usaltus

In making my speaker cables I used Kimber Kable spades .
If you are thinking of using spades they are easy to connect to the cable and don't have to be tightened with a wrench at the binding posts .