Levinson No. 23 with Thiel 3.6?


Considering some different speakers, perhaps Thiel 3.6. My understanding is that they are hard to drive, so, before I even go listen, will (could?) my Levinson 23 a suitable match to the 3.6's?

Thanks for you input.
whoaru99

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Chuck,

The Levinson is 200 w/ch @ 8 ohms and 400 @ 4 ohms. I don't see a 2 ohm rating, but it seems to me I've read somewhere that it will do 700 or 800 watts at 2 ohms - could be mistaken though on the 2-ohm stuff.

My room is about 12' x 20' with 8' ceiling. I would say the room is perhaps slightly live - plaster walls and ceiling, carpeted floor and some heavy drapes on two wall.

Music is for the most part A-Z. What I listen to depends largely on my mood at the time. Mostly I would be listening to these speakers at moderate levels, with an occasional foray into the loud side (+100 db). I have (pardon my language) some Cerwin-Vega D9's (101 db/watt) left over from my earlier days that I fire up if I really want to crank it.

Not really looking for loud, more looking for the details, soundstage, imaging, etc.