Thiel Owners

@thieliste thank you for your opinion and experience on Gaia feet. A question, do you have hard floor type or carpet under your 3.7s ? My set of Gaia has arrived and now I'm curious to test them, meanwhile have also sourced a set of spikes that were not included with the speakers I purchased. So, it's time to make some comparison and decide what I like better.

biannuzzi22

Contrary to what many will say, CS 3.5's do NOT need big watts or the ability to go down to 2 Ohms. The 3.5 is one of the (perhaps the easiest) easier Thiels in this regard. They will, however, really show whether it is a quality amplifier. I've run my 3.5's with an ARC Classic 60 since 1988 and it's a truly great match. That's right, 60 tube watts in triode driving the 4 ohm Thiels. I've never heard a SS amp that sounded as good with 3.5's. So look for quality and don't be swayed by all the high watt/low impedence talk that really applies to the later Thiels. Sure, the big watt amps will drive them, and if you have a large room or play at high volumes, maybe you want more than 60 watts, but they love tubes and clean, smooth detailed amps. Hope this helps!

@silvanik My floor is a wooden floor and my system sits on a thick acoustic carpet.

I have tried the Gaia carpet discs and it didn'd do it for me, sound was very thin.

Like @dickieboy this is also my experience i have found that 60w Jadis class A PP tube did sound much better than 300w class A/B Gryphon SS on my CS 3.7s

I'm actually considering selling my Vitus amp for pure tube Jadis goodness.

dickieboy

Welcome! Good to see you here. Thank you for chiming in to address loudspeaker 3.5- this is  the Top favorite among fans and owners on The Panel.  What other gear is in your System? 

Happy Listening!