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tubes with thiel, meadowlark or revel

I am trying to help a very busy friend assemble his system, or start to anyway. He has the VTL MB125 monos (125 watts in tetrode, 60 in triode) and needs speakers. I'm looking at used, as his budget is $2000 shipped. The speakers I'm considering are the Thiel 3.6s, Meadowlark Kestrel 2s or Ospreys (if some become available) and the Revel F30s.

Musical tastes range from jazz and acoustic to classic rock.

Yes, I saw the discussion below about the 3.6s with tubes, but wondering if anyone has tried these others as well or can offer any thoughts. Thanks much!
one_speed
one_speed OP
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Just want to say thanks to everyone for your opinions, you have no idea how helpful you have been.

Any thoughts on running the Thiel 2.3s with the VTLs?

Thanks so much.
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drubin
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Where's Zaikesman? He runs 2.2s with VTLs and says it's a great combo. In fact, I think he has said that Thiel uses VTL as one of its reference/voicing amps.

Alex, you're still around, I hope.
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proberts887
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I don't have experience with VTL, but did run Thiel 2.3's for three years with an Air Tight ATM2 (80 watts/ch) in a pretty large room (5000 c.f.). The amp never ran out of steam and the overall sound was very, very good.

On the contrary, I agree with other posters, that Thiel 3.6's will eat your amp's lunch. I upgraded to CS6's last year and spent 10 months dealing with buyers remorse for pairing my once butt-kicking tube amp to the power hungry CS6's. What a disaster. The bigger Thiels need LOTS of solid state power to sound their best. Good luck!
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marakanetz
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Drubin,
Zaikesman has more powerful MB180 but I suspect that 3.6 need something like MB225 or MB450.
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