New Theil 2.4's any opinions

I like the posts on the bottom. Safer with children and pets.

I agree with Unsound on the binding posts. For the same reasons, and that is why I also like the binding posts on the Bryston 4B-ST.

I listened to the Thiel 2.4's at a hifi show in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The Thiels were hooked up to a Mark 383 integrated which worked very nicely. I thought they were very good with jazz and pop, but i was not that impressed with their performance on classical music.

Furthermore i auditioned the Thiel 2.3's several times and i thought they were one of the more difficult speakers to drive. They definetely liked lots of power. I tried to get some music out off them with my old Musical fidelity B1, which resulted in very very average sound and no bass. MF308 integrated did a better job, but not as good as the Mark 383.

So in order to get everything out off the Thiels you need lots of quality power. Just one remark about the price: the Thiels cost over 6000 US$ in Europe, so stop wining about the price!

2.4 should be easier to drive than the 2.3