Thiel Owners

If you can set the 3.7s up well to show their best, they are special.Still probably the best overall speakers I’ve ever owned (and heard).

tomthiel

My pleasure. I owned the pre-diamond tweeter B&W 805. A very good monitor. The advent of the Diamond tweeter really advanced this loudspeaker brand. All models can be matched with solid state or tubed gear.

Happy Listening!

^Many if not most B&W's have impedance plots and phase angles that don't typically take kindly to tube amplification. That B&W bought Classe' might be due to more than a coincidence.

I'd love to audition the Coda 16.0 with it's 07x preamp but very difficult to find a dealer anywhere near me.This combo could be a good alternative to the Diablo 300 for me.Problem is that the Coda combo is not cheap and the Diablo 300 can be had used for 7.5k that's very difficult to beat.

I have a CODA dealer 100km from me (so very close). They also said they allow home demos of their gear. I may have a listen once COVID is taken down. The thing that intrigues me on the #16 over the #8 is not the Class A, it is the SNR of 130 vs 118.

The Luxman m900u (12 watt Class A), which I thought was amazing with TAD gear, has similar specs to the #8 (18 watt Class A). The #8 is supposed to sound like the m900u but at 1/3 the cost.

Why not get the Diablo, if you decide that you do not like it you can easily sell it since it is so highly regarded.