System Direction? Thiel 7.2s, Krell, Kimber, SCD-1


Looking for some advice on where to take my system. Started with a set of thiel 6's and a krell fpb 350mcx. Moved up to a set of Thiel 7.2s, upgraded to 450mcx monoblocks with a krell KCT, Kimber ks3038 speaker cables, bmi whale power cables and a heavily modified sony SCD-1. System was setup in a large room - about 40*16. Sound was extremely good - enjoyed the system a lot , but I had some listening fatigue and I would say bass and highs were better than mids. I moved to London for 3 years, sold monoblocks, power cords and KCT. Just back. Still have thiel 7.2s. Trying to figure out if I build a system around 7.2s, and if so with what? If not with 7.2s, where to? I like singer songwriter, female/male vocalists, modern country the most ,but also most music other than heavy metal, rap. I like to listen to music fairly load. Thx for advice.
mwthorne

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I purchased Manley 250 mono blocks and Steelhead/Skipjack for my CS6s, having once had the KCT with a 400cx amp combo, and the improvement over any remaining listening fatigue was substantial. Tubes can be sublime with Thiels.
I'm now running a Manley Stingray II (non-iPod dock version) with my second system's CS 2.4s and this is a great match, provided you don't have a huge room to fill.  I previously was using a CJ CAV50 but there wasn't enough "torque" to tighten the bass that the Manley certainly provides.  My sense is that the Stingray's in-house manufactured output trannies have a lot to do with it.