Conrad Johnson,SimAudio,Thiel - Good Match?


I am drooling about a tube preamp, but I am not sure how it would sound with my current setup. My current setup is a Simaudio P5, Simaudio W5, Simaudio Nova CDP and Thiel CS2.4 Speakers.Naturally the P5 would be leaving for a tube preamp. Has anybody had a Conrad Johnson pre(17ls or 16ls) with a Simaudio W5 amp along with the Thiels.Want to get some opinons on the synergy of these two highly reputable pieces of gear before taking the plunge, I live a long way from any dealer so an audition would be hard to arrange, plus I am going to buy used anyway,just need some honest opinons from the Audiogon gang
fatman

Showing 1 response by lrsky

As a dealer I would routinely pair cj with good solid state amps. This should sound terrific with the THIEL, which loves tubes, yet needs the power to 'drive' the impedence that they present.
Great combo of first class products which serves the speaker as well!
Larry