Thiel 3.6 to Eggleston Andras II

Thanks Kurt_Tank and thanks for the insight when I e-mailed you privately for advice!

Thanks James for an incredible comparison and perspective! As a Thiel owner you obviously understand the house sound which I have enjoyed for many years. I am 95% happy to stay put but like you listen to primarily rock music and looking for just a little more slam/dynamics but not at the expense of the incredible Thiel transparency.

I spent a lot of time auditioning the 3.7's. They are great speakers - however, I felt they offered only a marginal improvement over my 3.6 so I couldn't see dropping 12 to 14K (new) on a pair at the time.

Have you ever tried anything from the Zu line? From what I have read they are rockers!

Hi Pops, the Andras are great speakers and have only been replaced with the MK111 version. Have not heard them but the newer version they went with aluminum sides instead of the granite which is on the original and MK2's.

The comparison above to the Sasha is this review is ONLY this person's opinion and that's it, there's more to it than just that and look at the price difference. These Andra speakers are so muscical and will have your toes tapping.

If you do go with Andra's your amplification will need to be changed so heads up on that. I had them paired up with Pass X600.5 mono blocks using a ARC Ref3 pre and the sound was marvelous. Also tried CAT stereo Sig. amp and that sounded great also but would not recomend the manufacture for other reasons. If I was looking at those I would have the REF3 again and Pass but want to try thier new XA series 100 or 160, would be a step up over the X600.5's.

You really need to hear which ever speaker it may be in a real world set-up, good luck with that. Like anything else you need to try at home but as we know speakers are much harder to do this.

Personally when comparing the Thiel, Sasha and Andra's my over all preferrence is Andras.

Good luck with your journey!

Thanks Dev, why do you feel I will have to change my amplification? Using Mac 501's...

I really love my Andra ll's. Previously to the Andra's I had the Legacy Focus which is another great " Rock" speaker. I listened to many speakers including the Thiels,Wilson Watt Puppy 8's/ Sophia 2 and I chose the Andra ll's.
To me the Watt Puppy had a disjointed sound between the bass and the rest of the music. The Thiels sounded very lean. I have never listened to the new Wilson Sashas.

I am also using a Pass Labs Amp the X350.5 to drive the Andra's. But I think the Mac's would work great also.

Thanks Ozzy, nice system btw...