THIEL CS 2.4 PURCHASE

Spear11, you made an outstanding choice as it is clear that accuracy of timbre is valuable to you. Congratulations! The above recommendations from fellow audiogoners are right on and you will have great results with all of their suggestions. If possible, please try to home demo the amp with your Thiels before purchasing. A good audio shop will be more than happy to arrange for this. I power CS6s with a Krell 400cx amp but have heard Thiels sounding great with cj and Rogue tube amps, as well as Levinson, McCormick, Rowland. Even a Bryston 3BST or 4BST, Parasound JC1, Musical Fidelity or similar amp will work very well, provided they have at least 100 WPC and your room is not too large; if the amp can double output into 4 OHms vs. 8 Ohms, then this is ideal. Give 'em juice (i.e. current) to spare and they will respond with sweetness in the mids, full bass and delicate, not etched, air.

Please let us know what you decide on, why and how it is working out.

No, I don't work for Thiel but sometimes wish I did.

Cheers, Steve

I have 3.6's, different speakers but same family...I've used Classe CA 200...good, and now using Mcintosh 501 mono's ...outstanding. My 2 cents. good luck with your choice, there are alot of good ones.

I want to thank everyone for their imput, you have helped me so very much.

What I have decided to use is a Mark Levinson #383 intergrated amp & a Esoteric DV-50 CD/DVD player using a Shunyata hydra 8 line conditioner.

I am having an awful time trying to assort the good from the bad to the overpriced speaker cables & interconects that will work well with my system.

Any advice would be helpful.

Dave

Dave, good choice. I use Harmonic Tech cables in my Thiel system and am very happy withe them. Lots of air, detail, rich mids and outstanding bass.

I probably took to long to answer this thread, but I have been very happy usuing the Bryston 3B-SST. It has enough power for powerful transients, I have been able to reach high volumes around 105 dB with ease, and louder. I believe my preamp makes everything sound somewhat "electronic" not as natural as normal. Overall I am very happy using the Bryston.