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Help me select an integrated amp for Thiel CS3.6 speakers

Room is 25 x 25 and fully carpeted. The speakers are in the corners -  this cannot be changed.

Looking for suggestions for an integrated amp that will work well with this speaker. Looking to spend around $2500 but will go to $4000 if it makes sense to do so. This obviously removes the higher end Pass, Luxman, Levinson etc from the discussion.

Two on my radar are:
1) Rotel RA-1592
2) Parasound Hint 6.

They both have plenty of watts and bluetooth for apple/tidal/ connectivity. My source will be streaming or buying a streamer at some point.

I am planning on buying without being able to audition unfortunately.

Any help would be appreciated. 

Thanks.


epz
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gbkadlec
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I am not sure about the 3.6 but most thiels have minimum loads of 2-3 ohms.  I love thiels but hate shopping for amplifiers for them -- they really need something that doubles down from 8ohms to 4 ohms then nearly again into 2 ohms
epz OP
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Do either of the models i listed do that? if not...any recommendations?
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lak
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One of the Luxman or Plinius integrated amps.
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twoleftears
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You're going to need maximum grunt and maximum warmth, which is not a combination found very often.  I think that's where @lak was going.
epz OP
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Yes - Luxman and Plinius may be too expensive and do not have Bluetooth or wifi.


Hopefully someone will be able to suggest a warm powerful integrated with streaming capability for under $4000.

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