Just to clarify, I don't build any preamplifiers that cost over $5K, I'm not sure where the $10K comes from....
All the best, Aric
All the best, Aric
Threshold T-200. Help me choose a preamplifier
Good day, Colleagues!
Not so long ago, at an auction in Japan, I accidentally won the Threshold T-200 amplifier. I really wanted this brand, but I was looking for the T-800D model. But it turned out to buy this amplifier ... And now I am very tormented with the choice.
I spent two days on the internet looking for balanced amplifiers. Here is a list, is there anything on this list worth seeing?
Pass Labs X1 -
This preamplifier is sold in Russia at a very good price, it seems to me. 1800 dollars. But I do not know his condition. The photographs show that the cable that connects the power supply and the preamplifier itself is frayed. And the power supply is not complete, but a small black box.
Pass Labs X2.5 - I found this preamp for 2000 euros in Croatia, but shipping will cost around 500 euros, so it is already very expensive for me.
Black Ice F-360 - A very interesting preamplifier. The ad suggests that this preamp has very high detail and can expand the scene. :) But I don't believe in advertisements.
Leema Acoustics Pyxis ll - This amplifier is quite expensive, I found it in my country for $ 2500 and this is a showcase sample. It has an impressive range of features, there is a phono stage, which I also need, and balanced inputs and outputs.
Electrocompaniet ec 4.7
Electrocompaniet EC 4.8
Krell KSL-2
Audia Flight Pre
Quad Artera Pre
Rotel RC-5000
Audio research LS-15
audio research LS-2B
Spectron Model 10
Audio research LS 17
BAT VK-30
McIntosh C2200 - But this is already very dear to me.
I really look forward to your help and advice in choosing.
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Just to clarify, I don't build any preamplifiers that cost over $5K, I'm not sure where the $10K comes from....O! Good day, Aric, and good mood! I didn't mean to offend you, forgive me if this happened! I thought it was a company, I didn't expect it to be one person. :) I recently saw an Aric Audio preamplifier on ebay and it cost 11 thousand dollars. :) For some reason I can't find a link to this amplifier now. But if I meet, I will definitely post it here. :) |
The T-200 was designed by Michael Bladelius. He was originally hired by Nelson Pass. Michael also designed the Forte 4A a 50 wpc Class A amp. I had one years ago and always regretted selling it. Forte was the budget line of Threshold. The big difference between the T series and the earlier models are the output transistors. The T models and and the Forte's use Toshiba IGBT's. These transistors are no longer in production.The T-200 has 16 matched IGBT's per channel. It runs rather warm. I had a pair of Modified T-50's that I bought from a former Threshold employee. Michael Bladalius turned them into mono blocks w/24 matched IGBT's per amp. Michael Bladelius has his own company in his home country of Sweden. Also at Threshold during that time were Eric Lauchli, B.D. Dale and Lorin Peterson founders of Coda audio. |
@luxmancl38,
Thank you for the extended story. Probably, if I knew that this amplifier was not designed by Nelson Pass, then I probably would not hunt for it like that. :) But, already, what has been done is done.
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