Thiel Owners

Proud new owner of a pair of Thiel speakers.  My 2.4's are driven by Classe CA-200 in a living room with sloped high ceilings (about 10 to 20 feet at its apex).  Room is roughly 15 feet in width by 30 feet in length.  Speakers are space about 9 feet apart.  With respect to the room walls, the speakers are placed about 2.5 feet from the backwall and 3 feet from the side walls.  Listening position is about 12-13 feet from each speaker.

Sound is good so far but imaging is a little off.  If I add a cheap tube buffer like FX Audio Tube 1, the imaging and soundstage seems to improve quite a bit.  I'm hoping to experiment with better tube preamps in the near future.

Thanks to jafant for providing many insights.

I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this.  Thiels are sometimes described as very lively speakers.  I would characterize my 2.4s as sounding lively.  Sometimes I wonder if they are too lively.  That is I can't get the black background feel of other speakers.  I have no discernible buzz, hum, noise or anything of the sort when music not played.  But when music is played, the overall presentation is lively which gives the impression that the background is not black as in other speakers.  Anyone notice the same?