Janfant,
my system is quite modest compared to all of those here. A Prima Luna preamp and amp to drive the study speakers which are PSB Imagine Bs and a Phase Linear 700 Series II rebuilt with White Oak innards and speaker protection. Sources my rebuilt B & O 8002 turntable with Jolida tube phone stage and a McIntosh MCD7008 changer or an Exemplar modded Oppo for SACD. The Mac plays through a Schiit Multibit Gundnir DAC.
i have nothing fancier than low oxygen gold plated interconnects and financial focus is now on final upgrades to house before I retire later this year.
i do enjoy a record collection of rock albums dating back to the late 60s and have always had the best turntable I could afford so most are in better condition than I've found recent purchases rated mint or near mint to be.
my tastes of late have been more to jazz and I swear the Thiels were designed for reproducing saxophone music.
'My biggest drawback is that out house layout and my work habits dictate the the stereo rack be in the study (14 x 16) that the Imagines serve well) while my cables to the Thiels require a 30+ foot run.
The Thiels fill an open living/dining are with high ceiling to open 2nd floor hallway while barely stressing the amp. Even with the White Oak rebuild, I'm conscious of the Flame Linear history and have a cooling fan directed at the heatsink with a thermal sensor hanging above it set for 78 degrees and it only kicks in if the room becomes warm from the living room fireplace. It's capable of almost 500 wpc but I wouldn't trust it to double down twice to power something like the Thiel 5s without over heating.
Almost all has been put together used.
I'm more than happy with the 2.4s but might ask Robb's advice on upgrading the crossovers. Most likely I'll do nothing except in the unlikely event Mike decides to sell the 6s or another pair of 6s or 7s comes available.
im curious about how the 7 series compares as former top of the line to the CS6.
