Thiel Owners

Hello all, newbie here. I have a pair of Thiel cs 1.2 speakers that my wife brought into the marriage 20 years ago (I should have known right then she was a keeper!). We unfortunately for various reasons while raising our children never used the speakers much and when we did it was with an underpowered sony receiver (not good). About 3 years ago I purchased a Yamaha A-S801 integrated amplifier to drive the Thiels. The Thiel's sound pretty good but I'm not sure I like the match. The sound can be a bit bright for my liking. I would really appreciate hearing what other amplifiers people have paired with the 1.2's. My budget is $1500. Lastly, I also have a Bluesound node 2i for access to Tidal MQA and my ripped CD library sitting out on a NAS that will be part of the equation. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

jafant- Thanks for the feedback and advice about the thread. Interesting you mentioned tubed integrated because I had been reading up on the PrimaLuna line and wondering if they would have the power to properly drive the Thiels?  When new the PrimaLuna's are above my budget but I'll keep my eyes open for used if you or anyone else thinks it might be a good pairing. You mentioned warmer integrated amps. Do you have any suggestions? It seems I have read reviews about Peachtree's being warmer, but may be off base. As far as cabling I am completely low-end right now.  I am using Audioquest X-2 speaker cable. My interconnects from the 2i to Yamaha amp are Audioquest Evergreen on the analog out and something from Crutchfield called Metra ethereal on the coax out. Power cables are stock from mfr. plugged into a Panamex PM8 line conditioner\sure protector. It's an area I want to improve as budget allows.

cheeg,  Thank you as well. The McCormack certainly looks like it has the power and I could use a 2i to act as streamer\preamp all in one. I see a few used ones out there on ebay and other sites currently. 

unsound, no worries about the character drop! Thanks for passing on the info. about the Threshold amp. unfortunately, it just sold. There is another Threshold 300 amp that eBay sent me to, but they want $450 more and it looks older without any of the upgrades this unit had. I appreciate your feedback and I'm all ears about your reservations about the other amps mentioned.

tomthiel, thank you for your comments on the Threshold amp, it speaks volumes about it. 

unsound, Good catch, I missed that!

tomthiel- thank you for your continued input about Pass designs, it is very helpful. By chance prior to reading your post, I stumbled across the firstwatt.com website. It was fun to connect some dots between your comments and Nelson Pass.

unsound- thank you for bringing to my attention the re-listing on eBay of the S300. I appreciate your advice on what to ask and certainly plan on doing my due diligence. I must admit I am a bit hesitant to purchase something this old. I have only once ventured into the used audio equipment market when I purchased a pair of KEF Q900 speakers (from a long-standing local Audiogon member with impeccable ratings) so I felt pretty confident about what I was getting.
 

unsound, tomthiel, jafant - thanks for all the input, it is very helpful and much appreciated. 

unsound, Coincidentally, while digging through some old threads about Threshold amps on the audiogon forum I came across Jon Soderberg's name (I think it was a thread you were part of) and I subsequently emailed him with a few questions.