@jjss49 your surround and cap scenerio exactly describes the history of my old AR9's.
@tomic601 Jim. Your are biased, agreed. Common theme it seems, that is, had Thiel and moved on, settled on Vandy's. Good to know. I wasn't even aware that the 1Ci was even still in production, I'll research for a local dealer.
@stringreen probably blow the dust off an old Hacker 220 amp and preamp that's been resting first. Everything discussed so far on this thread plays nice with SS electronics, right?
Thanks