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Thiel 3.6 owners - what components are you using?

Thiel 3.6 owners - what compenents are you using with your amp?

I use a Krell amp and Levinson pre-amp but always wonder what it would be like with other gear. I think the Krell's fast and forward sound works well with the Thiels. Gets them rockin'!

Wish my soundstage had a touch more cohesion and height, but then, trade-offs always exist and one must pick and choose the strengths in one's stereo. ... Or is this an issue of speaker positioning? I've worked hard to move my speakers around until they "disappeared".

What have your experiences have been with other amps and pre-amps for these speakers? Tube pre-amps?

Here are some threads covering similar ground:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1005154881

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&986948193
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a_hayman
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I'm using a Denon DCD-1650AR CD player, a Bryston BP-20 preamp, an Aragon 8008BB power amp, an ExactPower 2000 AC correction unit, Harmonic Technology ProSilway II interconnects, and Analysis Plus Oval 9 speaker cables. The system sounds very transparent.
a_hayman
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Since my post a year ago, I've inserted a Harmonic Tech Magic Digital One cable and a Dodson DA-217MkIID DAC between the Denon DCD-1650AR CD player and the Bryston BP-20 preamp, replaced the Harmonic Tech Pro-Silway II interconnects with Harmonic Tech Magic Link One interconnects, and upgraded the ExactPower EP-2000 to the current ExactPower EP-15A. With all these changes, the sound is much smoother and more detailed, and the soundstage is both larger and more precise.

I also have the ExactPower SP-15A balanced power transformer on order, and I expect this to make another incremental improvement to the sound of the system.

The 3.6's are so transparent that any changes made "upstream" are readily audible.
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