Thiel Owners
jafant - I bought the SCD-1 because it is an iconic product, it had been Thiel Audio's, and it had been upgraded. The few discs I heard on it were wonderous. I'll keep it until I get PS Audio's new PerfectWave player early 2021 and ascertain it does everything I need. The Sony machine is devoid of soft source inputs, which are becoming commonplace these days. |
@tomthiel, while I truly appreciate many of PS Audio's approaches to their DACs, like the use of updateable FPGA's and I2S connections, some of there digital products measurements can give cause to pause.: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-ps-audio-perfe... https://www.stereophile.com/content/ps-audio-perfectwave-directstream-da-processor-measurements |
Many years ago I'd heard several Thiel's (2's and 3.6) at CES and local dealers, I was very impressed with their sound but they all were driven but high-end high power amps. At this time I have a pair of Mark Levinson ML-11 and ML-12 power/pre amp with a pair of bookshelf speaker and a pair of subwoofers with a 200W amp. They sound good together but if I get a pair of Thiel would the ML-11 (50w into 8 ohms and 100w into 4 ohms) be enough? What about for a pair Vandersteen 2ce annually signature comparing to the Thiel? |
