Thiel Owners

@bellesfan, If I may be so bold to recommend (and I offer this without knowing all room dimensions) that you try moving you speakers 3’ in so that the centers are 10’ apart, and moving the speakers further out from the wall behind the speakers so that the speakers are 10’ from your listening position. This could remove more of the sound from the room, providing a greater degree of direct listening, while maintaining ideal driver integration.

bellesfan
I would venture to say that if you enjoy the Belles house-sound, then, move up the amp chain. On the other hand, if you enjoy the Primaluna house -sound, then, add one of its amp to your system.Best practice is to visit local dealers/retailers to demo competition products.I practiced this very advice 10 years prior to assembling my Reference system. It is an incredible Audio journey. Fun too!

Happy Listening!

Bellesfan
I have a Belles Ref 150a V2 on my Thiel 2.4's. I have a wireworld silver electra 5.2 power cord on it. It was a nice noticeable improvement. I paid about 250.00 for a used one. It might be worth trying a cord or two. Two others that were on my radar when I got this one was JPS Labs Power+, Triode Wire Labs 7 +. 

Jafant,
the local dealer that sold me my Belles, Shanling, and Primaluna, let me audition the Primaluna Dialogue HP (high power) integrated at home before I pulled the trigger. It’s a killer tube amp, but I liked the solid state Belles better with the Thiels.  Was looking for a 150 reference or an SA100 when I discovered John at Audio Connection. He pretty much has me talked into a Virtuoso. We’ll see what happens.  

I will have to say. Even with the largely imperfect set up mine is. It does do some trippy stuff. Stuff will sound like it’s coming from behind or right to the side of me. Etc etc.