I have 2.2's and get great results from a Rotel 1095 200wpc into 5 amp. Its a high current amp. I've had poor results with the old mac 2200, and ok results with the yamaha dsp a1 (120x5). Thiels are wonderful speakers, but bring power....
Amp for Thiel CS2's
I've read Thiels can be hard for amps to drive. I have a chance to get these speakers cheap (under 300) for my computer room and wonder if I could get away with using an old Pioneer SX 780 at 45 wpc into 8 ohms receiver to drive them. Listening levels here are moderate only. How this receiver would react to a low impedance load I don't know. If need be I could get an integrated as I certainly have plenty of tuners laying around. I don't want or have enough room for separates nor do I want to spend much money on this as it's for background music only. Thanks for any help.