Have thiel 3.6's. Will mcintosh ma6600 work?


My Thiels sit in high ceiling open room. But have not been connected up and played for at least 8 years. Partially due to waiting to get enough cash together to do them justice. Recently considered that the mcintosh integrated mc6700 amp might work. The integration, I think would be an upgrade of my preamp adcom GFP 565? The Amps are 200wpc, so concerned that the wattage won't give me the detail and sound I have waited all these years to hear. Will these macs disappoint the requirements of this needy speaker?
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Hello. A bit off of the subject here but I have CS3.5's which, almost typically, have midrange driver issues. I purchased a pair of suitable Scanspeaks but...they're not quite up to snuff. Thiel no longer rebuilds them and interweb searches have proven futile. I am looking to buy the mids used from a member if anyone knows of a source. I ain't giving up on these yet. Thiei used to charge $300 for the rebuild and that doesn't totally put me off - I bought them used so that's a relatively small additional investment on truly remarkable speakers. Thanks for reading.
Thank you for the tip! I'll be contacting him soon enough. I have seen a couple of possibilities on EBay but the sellers weren't, IMHO, too trustworthy. I sent one seller a photo of my Thiel midranges to confirm that his were in fact original and he could not or would not offer an answer as to why the stickers on his did not have Thiel printed on them. Caveat emptor! Thanks again.
Hey Thiel CS3.5 owners - Thiel WILL repair them for $300 apiece plus shipping, etc. I guess their move made them slow in replying. For me that's good news because I feel the speakers are worth the investment I've already made.
As I mentioned, I like these speakers enough to warrant the $600 investment in having them repaired. I paid $800 used, so a total of $1400 for the pair strikes me as a reasonably justifiable expenditure. (Reasonable - ha!) I have since seen them less expensive on the "Gon and elsewhere, but mine were in near perfect condition - the grills were re-done a year before I purchased them. They're my favorites so far...quite amazing. My Pass X150.5 is a good match - I just picked up an Audio Research SS Preamp with balanced connections and I can't wait to see what happens.
At least Thiel still offers rebuilds, and I'm comforted to know that they'll be in the hands of the mfr. I agree with $600 being somewhat extravagant for the pair, but I suspect they might have been over-driven by the previous owner occasionally so...
From what I've seen on here and other sites used Thiels generally fail to sell at first, even at bargain prices. One can argue that my $850 plus the forthcoming rebuild + $600 is an iffy expenditure, but within my budget I have yet to hear something as good as these. i've seen their cs 5 on here for less than $3k....tempting!