Thiel Owners

beetlemania -

Biwire is a special case. There are theoretical and empirical advantages. I've gotten good results with internally-biwired cable (in the same jacket). Problems arise with separate runs that the speaker designer can't control. An individual can evaluate including their own preferences. Also, there are upsides to single-wiring including avaialbility of all the conductive cross-section for big transients. Etc. etc. etc. Wire is a maze as well as amazing. Tom

beetlemania

Thank You for your DIY hard work on making the CS 2.4/2.4SE loudspeaker, better.

Happy Listening!

tomthiel

Agreed, Wire IS amazing!   Happy Listening!

I have been considering buying a class-D amp for use with my Thiel CS3.6 and CS2 2. I have focused on the NAD M23 and Bel Canto REF501S amps. Does anybody have experience with these or other class D amps?

I am picking on these models because they advertise minimum impedances of 2 ohms.

Thanks

agdrago

A capable amp's power specs should read something like:

- 100W @ 8 ohms, 0.1% distortion or less 20Hz - 20kHz, both channels driven

- 200W @ 4 ohms, 0.1% distortion or less 20Hz - 20kHz, both channels driven

- 400W @ 2 ohms, 0.1% distortion or less 20Hz - 20kHz, both channels driven

- Stable at 1 ohm

Amps whose specs diverge much from the above template may sound just fine, or even fantastic, paired with high-efficiency speakers.

But amps that will convincingly, authoritatively drive large, low-efficiency floorstanders with unforgiving impedance curves ought to be able to deliver 150A current peaks, not 15A.