Egglestonworks Fontaine ll

Thanks, your thoughts are very appreciated.

@argee I went from Thiel 3.6 to Eggleston Andra II and shortly thereafter went back to my 3.6.   These speakers present very differently. 

I agree with @soix regarding coherency of Thiel versus Andra II.  I lived with them for about a year and sold them.  They did some things very well but I missed the openness, transparency, and tonality of Thiel.  BTW, what amps are you using?  I was using either Mcintosh 501's or Classe CA200.  Maybe not a good match.

I am using a Rowland Model 5 for the last 20 years. Still sounds great.

I had the original Fontaines for many years. Very special speakers. Required a sub (I preferred two for stereo subs). They played all music genres very well. I would have kept them for life, and that tweeter is sublime, but I wanted a bit more openness to the sound so swapped them out for a pair of open baffles with horn (which cost way more money). But if not for my new OBs, I would have been happy with the Eggys for the remainder of my life. They are so pure, and seem to have the perfect amount of smoothness and bite. Top quality builds for sure. I ran mine with a pair of Audio Mirror 45-Watt SET monblocks - fantastic. 

Great amp, I am sure it will be a nice match for the Eggys if you go that way.  I bet however it drives the Thiels nicely.

Good Luck with your decision.