Thiel Owners

bobscliff

Welcome! Good to see you here today. Take the time to read through this thread and you will discover a plethora of Information. The CS 2.4 is a Honey of a loudspeaker. Nice inheritance gift!

My 1st 2.4 audition featured a Creek integrated amp (the older black/green scheme) NAD BEE cd player and Audioquest all around. This particular combo was very Musical. The Creek really held its own. I listened as loud as I wanted without degradation in presentation/sound.

Living in a small NYC apartment you will not require Rock concert decibel levels.

There has never been a better time to seek out an Integrated amp. Not only do I endorse one, I own one. And I was a separates die-hard for decades. The advancements and technology are incredible. More and more Audio manufacturers are producing these guys year after year.

Keep me posted on your buying decision. Have fun!

Happy Listening!

@beetlemania , The "random peaks" I was referring to was in regard to your comment regarding my listening levels. I don’t listen at sustained loud listening levels. Almost never at levels that would occur during live concerts. I scale down to room size. I do have a fairly generous sized room, and power accordingly.

I drive Thiel CS 3.5’s which don’t drop below 4 Ohms. The suggested minimum power levels I previously posted are not something I made up. Those are the minimum power levels Jim Thiel would recommend. For my CS 3.5’s the minimum would be, depending on vintage, between 80 and 100 Watts per channel into 4 Ohms.

The high Wattage numbers posted are a consequence of impedance. I don't think many would think that the comparable minimum 100 Watts per channel into 8 an Ohm load would be excessive. And, often times it's not so much the power output but the low impedance that many amps find difficult. 

Ah, we were talking about different things. Internet conversations can be challenging. 
 

Believe me, I’ll never accuse you of under powering your Thiels.  And I am certain I’m not under powering mine regardless of any measurements you share. I get the proof everyday :)

@jafant 

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm very grateful to have these speakers, such an upgrade from my well-loved but comparatively dinky PSB Alpha B1s. I only feel a little burdened by having to get such a specific and powerful amp.

Do you agree that the Peachtree Nova 300s would be able to power the 2.4s below 4 ohms well? They seem to check the boxes and I'm fine stretching my budget since it has a DAC and preamp. 

As indicated above "The amplifier in the nova300 is capable of driving an extremely wide range of speakers with impedances as low as 2.5Ω and as high as 16Ω"