Affordable Power for Thiel CS 2.0s


No $$. My Audio Reseach D125 gave-up and I am questioning the wisdom of paying to fix it. Never had enough power for the Theils. Tested against much higher power Haflers and Adcoms. Power sounded better, just couldn't live the the sound quality. I see the VT-20 monoblocks here and it fits my meager budget but I've never heard them. for $650 I doubt that I'd find better on the used market. Thoughts? Suggestions?
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During the 17 years or so I owned the 2s I was quite happy driving them with a Precision Fidelty M-8, a conrad johnson Mv-75a1 and a Bryston 3B-ST. The last two amps I still own.
The Bryston was a very good match. The c-j was excellent imho. I also used a Hafler DH220 briefly and an Audionics CC3. The Audionics was okay. I did not like the Hafler-Thiel synergy. Heard a good demo with the 2s and an Electrocompaniet 100 watter many many moons ago.