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| Thiel 2.4 Speakers & Krell KAV - 300iL The Thiel CS 2.4’s don’t just dip below 4 Ohms, they live there from 100 Hz on. The KAV 300 il might have a Krell logo, but does’nt behave like typical Krells into such impedances, it’s only rated down to 4 Ohms. The Thiel CS 2.4’s are better suit... | |
| Thiel Owners I have my doubts as to whether outside paint shops could match the quality of OEM Thiels, especially when Tom Thiel was there. | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant, Honestly I use the Adcom ACE’s mostly to offer more outlets. Years ago when I lived in a NYC apartment I used an earlier though highly regarded older Adcom ACE version for the same reason. At that time I thought it might have helped wit... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant, Actually the CS 3.5’s even with the up to 12 dB draw from the eq, thanks to its 4 Ohm nominal / 4 Ohm minimum load (actual 5 Ohm measured) in smaller rooms with less volume demands can get by with as little as 100 Watts into 4 Ohms. That’... | |
| Thiel Owners Beetlemania is not incorrect. How ever 105 dB peaks (and quite a bit louder as well) are not all that uncommon during live performances (and I think that’s what we’re trying to replicate here). MS tone burst measurements at low impedances might su... | |
| Tube preamp for pass labs ? The better Atmasphere and Sonic Frontiers units should work nicely. | |
| Thiel Owners @77jovian, Much of the recent amp discusion here has previously been disucssed here. Suffice to say that I doubt that the Ayre AX-5 twenty is up to driving the CS 3.6's or 2.7's to their potential. The steady impedance levels of these speakers are... | |
| another rookie question - preamp or or power amp @grislybutter , depending on your sources, and with careful choices, you might not need a “preamp”. | |
| Thiel Owners @theaudiotweak, Perhaps I was being too generous / forgiving of the Adcom’s as I do seem to remember reports of those 565 mono’s failing and sometimes tsking out speakers in the process, | |
| Thiel Owners Re: the Adcoms; While there may have been been better vintages, I'm not sure there were really "bad" ones, as these were really built to a price point. Though it must be said that the original 565 monos were know to be failure prone due to a reput... | |
| Thiel Owners @tom thiel, I expected as much; the 1.5 figure had marketing speak stamped all over it. Well I suppose it's an improvement from the old "Flame Linear" days, but can they just make an amp that delivers the goods, without cutting out in self preserv... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel, The Benchamark amps set the bar for SINAD when first intorduced. It has been surpased by a few since then. But it's become rather academic, as those in the know claim that some where between -115 to -120 dB SINAD becomes inaudible to hu... | |
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| Thiel Owners @lars888888 , I suggest limiting your search for amps that are actually spec'd to 2 Ohm loads. If an amp is truly capable, the manufactures are likey to brag about it. I'd avoid amps from manufactures that rely on ancedotal marketing. If the amp i... | |
| Thiel Owners @dickieboy , Ah, that's a bit different. And with that I agree. Even here on Audiogon it's often over generalized that all Thiels are demanding of amplifiers. The CS 1's 1.2's, 2's, 3's and 3.5's all had impedances over 4 Ohms (though the CS 3's a... |