Thiel Owners

tomthiel

Thank You for the hot tip on Dana Cummingham. I will add this title to my must purchase list. By all means feel free to suggest more CD or LP (s) that are reference quality discs.  Happy Listening!

Irsky

Good to see you again.  Happy Listening!

brayeagle

Thank You for the Amazon warning.  Happy Listening!

catalysis...

Thanks!

No doubt my next round of appropriating equipment will have a MUCH shorter list of possible brands - Pass and Thiel topping it depending upon locality, finances, etc.  Though it pained me to let my stuff go I did so knowing it wasn’t the finale, simply a temporary setback. 

It’s almost refreshing actually.  A clean slate is a good thing in many ways.  I’m 61 now, soon to turn 62, so the years I have ahead of me are far shorter than the years I have behind me.  Not a whine, just a fact - and time too constricted to burn through equipment as I have for the last 5 years.  In no particular order...
Thiel (4), Magnepan (3), Audio Research (2),  B. A. T. (2), Placette, Von Schweikert (2), Vandersteen, Modwright, Sony Hap, Oppo, Marantz Turntable, McIntosh (2), Musical Fidelity (2), Project Turntable, Primare, Primare Phono, First Watt, and more cables and connects than you can swing a dead cat at...

Sane or insane?

l recommend evaluating any amp (for Thiel speakers) by its ability to sustain a 2 ohm load. 

I’ve had great success driving my Thiels with Ayre. I used an AX-7e to drive CS 1.6s and am now using an AX-5 Twenty to drive CS 2.4 SEs.  The 7 is rated at “only” 60 W into 8 ohm and the 5 at 125, both doubling into 4 Ohms but neither has a 2 Ohm rating from Ayre. Both play plenty loadly for my tastes and room. I did get the 7 to clip when I pushed my Vandersteen 2s, which are considerably less efficient than the 1.6s. Still, that was at SPLs exceeding my personal comfort zone.

I guess I’m suggesting  a strict 2 ohm rating for Thiels might exclude some otherwise great amplification that will work just fine. Perhaps this should be model-dependent. Looking at the CS5 measurements, i probably wouldn’t mate an AX-7 with those!