Thiel Owners

Guys i have a question regarding amp power to max out Thiel speakers.

Is it better to have 300W A/B stereo doubling down to 2 ohms with 136 000 microfarads of capacitance or 55W pure class A Monoblocks doubling down to 2 ohms with 880 000 microfarads of capacitance ?

Thanks.

I posted an image of my upgrade 2.7 woofer board , tag = Thiel scrolled down almost the last system .

I'd say that I am hearing a more forceful and/or quicker low end , one that doesn't weaken or roll off as it goes lower .

 A lot of work and this was the easy board to work on !  

Also the screws holding the boards contained iron , replaced with brass .

@pieper1973  

Sorry to hear about your mishap , are you going to repair or replace ? 

@duramax747 

PM me at rsr no space 921 at  live dot com about CS2.7

@Thieliste, it depends on the model Thiels, room, desired volume levels and the particular amplifiers in question. While Class A has advantages with regard to cross-over distortions over Class AB, there’s more to good sound than that alone. Furthermore, many so called "Class A" amps lose Class A output in proportion to increased power output into lower impedances. It's not uncommon for some Class A amps to halve Class A output with each doubling of power output into halving of impedance load. For example, one might have an amp rated as providing 55 Watts per channel of Class A power into 8 Ohms and be able to double down into 2 Ohms to provide 220 Watts of power. If we put such an amplifier on a speaker say with a sensitivity rating of 90 dB @ 2.87V with a minimum load of 2 Ohms, the Class A output of that amp into this speaker at 2 Ohms might be less than 14 Watts and that would be at a 2 Ohm sensitivity of about 84 dB. One can see that it might be quite easy to power out of Class A output and into Class AB power output. The advantages of low output Class A amp might be better appreciated with a speaker with a higher impedance load. On the other hand there are other considerations that might demonstrate that a lower impedance might be more beneficial, just perhaps not as much as with many low powered Class A amps.

@unsound Just trying to compare my Diablo 300 to the newer Gryphon Essence Monos.

My dealer can lend me the Essence stereo and pre to try out in my system so i can make a shootout against my Diablo 300 but no one has the Mono versions for me to try.

My guess is that the Essence stereo might run out of steam compared to my Diablo 300 but i could be wrong.

My room is medium size.