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!
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They don't give any specs into 4 ohms - 

  and it doesn't look like a high current amp.  So I would guess unless you don't listen to dynamic music in a small room, I'm not sure you would be happy with it - 

btw - accessories4less.com sells authorized refurbs and it is $300 cheaper than Amazon.  It apparently has an impedance switch for speakers between 4 and 6 ohms which hints at the fact that it is not considered ideal for lower impedance speakers.Stereophile measured the minimum inpedance at 2.73 ohms at 600Hz and "stays significantly below 4 ohms from 100Hz to 50kHz, and there is a difficult combination of 4.5 ohms magnitude and –45° electrical phase angle at 80Hz. Thiel CS2.4 owners should make sure they have a good 4 ohm–rated amplifier to drive this speaker."

If you can stretch the budget a drop, there's a lightly used Peachtree Audio nova300 integrated on Audiogon that is listed as 2 months old in mint condition for $1,250.  If you can get a few bucks off, it is rated at 300W into 8 ohms and 450W into 4. The built in DAC can do double DSD and 2384kHz PCM.  There's reviews out there such as:

 

That's definitely food for thought, thank you. It looks like that Nova 300 can power anything. Those are great deals on the refurbs, thanks!

@bobscliff, the CS 2.4's impedance drops to below 3 Ohms. You're not likely to find many amps spec'd to the 2.4's specific minimum impedance. One might find some amps spec'd to 2 Ohms. If you want to get what that the 2.4's are capable of you'll want an amp spec'd to a minimum of 400 Watts into 2 Ohms. If the amp is not specifically spec'd into 2 Ohms, it 's not very likely that it's capable at that load. Being "stable" into a load only means that the amp won't go into oscillation into that load. It is not a guarantee of performance.