Thiel Owners

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Perusing over your Virtual Systems page, are you still enjoying Stealth Audio & Shunyata cables and cords?  I am excited to read and see you really dial-in those CS 2.4SE loudspeakers!

Happy Listening!

Hi Thiel Owners,

Copying here my response to traudio's question about the most musical speakers that you would never sell:

Hi traudio,

Good question, however did you have a price range in mind?

Speakers that have my permanent grip:

Thiel PowerPoint 1.2, fabulous surround or as rear speakers in a car

Thiel 2.3 

Thiel 2.4SE

Thiel 3.7

Thiel 7.2

Bryston Model TRex (!) using Bryston active Crossover & Amps

Bryston Mini T - a great large bookshelf/near field at a not so large price.

Thiel is currently only on the used market, and I'm looking forward to Tom Thiel's efforts to start Thiel Rennessaince (!).

Bryston has updated their line to T10 models that are readily available.

If price was no object:

Wilson's or MBL

Happy Listening!

Hi ekohn00,

I would avoid your #3-5, and absolutely agree that Gary Dayton at Coherent Source Service would be a great person for an outside option.

Regarding #2, how loud is the pop? If it's not very loud you probably have nothing to worry about.

However, if this problem only started after the amp was serviced, I would think that Bryston would cover the return freight. If they haven't offered, I would ask. They are a great company.

Happy Listening!

Hi ekohn00 again,

Just to clarify, I suggested avoiding #5 because of the risk from your wife.

However, I know from experience that an upgrade to the Cubed series of Bryston amps is significant, and worth considering if you can get permission on the cost difference from selling and buying.

Happy Listening!

Greetings All.  i will not claim to be an expert on which amplifiers are best with Thiel speakers as i find one i like and try to settle into a long term relationship with it.  I have been using a Coda 16 stereo amp (class A)  with my 3.7's and have been extremely pleased.  Both the sound quality and the reliability of the unit is outstanding.  Possibly the only amps that would make me want to change are the new BAT REX amps.  I was thinking 300 mono blocks, but after the comment  from Tom (Monoblocks provide the power and channel separation, but at the expense of half the output impedance, which exacerbates the problems of low-impedance speakers like Thiels. The ideal answer is higher impedance speakers.),  I may have to consider the 500 as a stereo unit.  Thoughts from anyone here would be appreciated.