Ideas on amp for Thiel


Anyone with thoughts or experience with Thiel CS 3.7's and a great amp to really show their best?
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It totally depends on your own tastes and criteria.

Some people will say you need the most powerful sonic state amp you can afford to get the best out of Thiels.

Others will say Thiels sing with tube amps (which typically are lower powered).

I’m in the Thiels-on-Tubes camp. For me certain tube amps maintain everything I like about the Thiel sound - clarity, image density, truth of timbre, sense of aliveness, incredible imaging and soundstaging, while reducing any tendency towards aggressiveness or brightness and adding an even more believable organic quality to the presentation.

Do I trade off the last iota of dynamic capabilities of my 3.7s? Probably, but that has typically been the trade off of tubes over powerful solid state amplification, and yet many still choose tube amps because they find the gain more than they lose, and find they loose more than they gain when they hear the speakers with as amps.

Thats why no one can really tell you which amp would work for you, at least until you can get more specific about the characteristics that are important to you.

For me my Thiel 3.7s and my 140w side Conrad Johnson Premier 12 tube amps have been a match made in heaven. My pal who reviews for SoundStage is totally blown away when he hears the system.

sandydennis11


let me know if you get an opportunity to demo Mark Levinson gear.

Happy Listening!

I would recommend Pass either the X series or XA series your chaoice based on budget. I wouldn't go any smaller than the X250.x or the xa100,x

Chuck 
I used a VAC 100 watt per channel tube amp for many years with my CS2.4 which was wonderful.  I have changed to the Ayre VX-5 twenty solid state and the speakers sound even better.  I love both presentations, but there is defenitly more energy in the room with the Ayre.  

Rick
Any of Steve McCormack's DNA series amplifiers, especially a Signature version of his DNA 125 or 225/250 series.