Which Threshold s are best?


Just wondering for those of you up on Thresholdif one were looking for a vintage piece which Threshold to look for?I assume one made while Mr.Pass ran the show.Thinking more than 100 maybe 150 to 300 a side.Also thoughts if any about the licence he gave Nakamichi to build their Stasis 100 and 200 wpc amps.Can they deliver on the cheap?Are there problem amps to avoid?
Thanks
chazzbo
chazzbo
Lawyerman I agree with you on the Threshold SA/4e amp. By the way I will be selling some of my personal Threshold gear to downsize a bit.

Including Threshold SA/4e and Threshold SA/1's if interested.
mrchips i own a threshold sa/3.9e amp. Can you tell me how this amp fits into the threshold family. The rest of my gear fet/10, dac1/e. I'm looking now at upgrading my speakers. Polk SL70 is what i have now.

Also if i was looking to purchase the sa/1's what would be a fair market price. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on threshold.
Tmoon
I believe everyone on this thread would be in total agreement that Mr. Nelson Pass has to be one of the greatest designers in the history of modern high end audio.

I now power my bi-amped system with a pair of Pass Labs XA-100 monoblocks and a pair of Threshold SA-1 monoblocks. I do believe that both pairs of amps are the best sounding designs in either the history of Threshold or Pass Labs. I used to have a pair of Pass Labs Aleph 1's, which are a classic design also, but believe the new XA amps have surpassed the sonic performance of the Aleph and SA series amps.

Unlike Lawyerman, I find the XA-100's to be a better sounding amp then my SA-1's in my system, however they are both great and its amazing that the SA-1's are still almost as good as any SS amps on todays market considering that that they are twenty years old!
Can someone tell me how much of an upgrade a SA/4e would be from an 6.9e? I know there would be some power difference but how much difference in sound if any?