Amp for Thiel CS1.5?

Thanks again to everyone.
The speakers are in my living room which is approximately 17x17x9. I do have a powered sub, a Def Tech that was recommended by my local dealer. I also bought the speakers that the Thiels are replacing from him. He said that the Def Tech was fast and would mate well with the Monitor Audio Silver 5's. I'm hoping that the sub will be OK with the Thiels.

The Outlaw has its own base management system. I've been tempted to connect my better cd player in using the 'direct in' hook up which bypasses the bass management. If I do this, then the powered sub is excluded; every bit of the signal will only go to the main speakers. Oh well, something to play with.

I'm buying the Thiels from a guy here on Audiogon and hopefully they will arrive today or Monday.

Chris

I want to thank everyone again for their input and suggestions.

My - new to me - PSE Studio Mark IV arrived last night. I've only had a short time to listen to it, but I am seriously impressed. I'm now getting a sense of how good my system can sound. Having this amp in place versus simply powering the Thiels with the receiver is like a whole new world. I am thrilled with what I'm hearing.

One thing that some sellers helped me with was the amount of heat generated by some amps. I appreciate folks honestly telling me that their amp wouldn't be a good fit for my setup (the amp needs to go in an armoire entertainment center). I really feel that folks here have steered me in the right direction.

Hopefully someday I'll know enough to help others out in this hobby as well.

Chris

Enjoy!