tubes with thiel, meadowlark or revel

Ok, I hate to add to the list when the post is specificly asking about certian speakers, but I must just this once, sorry. Magnapan 1.6 and the VTL amps would be unbelievable and the Maggies cost about 1700 new. Some speakers work better with tubes than others and also depending on the match with modern tube sound or old fashon like VTL, the Maggies work with the VTL sound just perfect!! Vocals are on the world class level for cheap dollars. Ok so rock will not be the Maggies best type of music but it will be fine and with much less ear strain over long listening sessions.

Marakanetz, et al are right on. I'd suggest the Meadowlarks.

Just want to say thanks to everyone for your opinions, you have no idea how helpful you have been.

Any thoughts on running the Thiel 2.3s with the VTLs?

Thanks so much.

Where's Zaikesman? He runs 2.2s with VTLs and says it's a great combo. In fact, I think he has said that Thiel uses VTL as one of its reference/voicing amps.

Alex, you're still around, I hope.

I don't have experience with VTL, but did run Thiel 2.3's for three years with an Air Tight ATM2 (80 watts/ch) in a pretty large room (5000 c.f.). The amp never ran out of steam and the overall sound was very, very good.

On the contrary, I agree with other posters, that Thiel 3.6's will eat your amp's lunch. I upgraded to CS6's last year and spent 10 months dealing with buyers remorse for pairing my once butt-kicking tube amp to the power hungry CS6's. What a disaster. The bigger Thiels need LOTS of solid state power to sound their best. Good luck!