Tube Amp recommendation for Thiel CS1.6 under $2k

Are you open to new and used?

I had those speakers in my system and would not recommend tubes to drive them and especially not in a room the size of yours (Thiels in general are not tube-friendly speakers).  I drove them with both a robust 100Wpc (roughly doubles into 4 Ohms) and 200Wpc amp and the 1.6es opened up more with the more powerful amp.  If anything I’d go with a hybrid integrated like a Unison Unico, etc.  Just my experience FWIW, and great speakers BTW.

@uthlidian 

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soix is correct , especially with your budget .