Kevinaudio, I haven’t heard the Classe pre you are using but have read good things about it. I also have used Thiels 3.6 and CS6 for many years. I have always used a tube linestage which added a little midrange “heft” for Thiels. Have you considered that? I believe your input impedance is high enough on the Classe to make it versatile with various tube preamps.
Dave, I saw those amps! I considered grabbing one myself! My Classe is easier to drive in terms of gain than my Mcintosh mono’s at 10K. I am living in the past a bit myself with CJ/Classe/Thiel/Meridian. The only components I have kept consistently updating is my analog front end - has kept me plenty busy! Why mess with success?
Dave, I saw those amps! I considered grabbing one myself! My Classe is easier to drive in terms of gain than my Mcintosh mono’s at 10K. I am living in the past a bit myself with CJ/Classe/Thiel/Meridian. The only components I have kept consistently updating is my analog front end - has kept me plenty busy! Why mess with success?