Building a system around Thiel 1.5


i am building a system around thiel 1.5 speakers. looking for advice on what amps and cables are best suited for balanced matching to show the best of these particular thiels. music: jazz, emphasis on drums and cymbals. thanks very much in advance.
daniel88

Showing 1 response by flrnlamb

Er, you're going to have to tinker with this one, just like every other audiphile tweek has had to!
I've had 1.5's and 2.3's over the years, among others. I think you're going to need some "tube" somewhere in the system to help with the foreward mid-trebble reigion. But, cabling will effect as well. Still, if you're going to use solid state, I like tube pre with it(with the right tubes of course). Otherwise, maybe some tube amp with 6550's for bass and snap.
A strong integrated tube amp sounds good if it's powerful enough to push that 4 ohm speaker, that sometimes dips bellow that in certain spots, even though it's bass limited to 40hz reigion.
That said, get a good tube pre, and good SS to consider are Pass X150, Threshold T200, Coda 11(?), and similiar.
Good luck