Fsarc -
No need to apologize. Only a handful of people knew the facts. Theta originally was working with a much more famous designer to design their amps, but it didn't work out. When they hired me, I wasn't that well known and so they didn't want to make a big deal about the fact that I was the designer. Then when they hired Dave Reich (a great move by the way, as he is a very talented designer as well as a super hard working guy) -- unfortunately the rumor I heard was that ATI fired him as soon as they bought Theta -- I don't know if that's actually true), they *really* didn't want to publicize the fact that I designed it. It would have seemed bizarre to have just hired an amp designer but have hired someone else to design your amps! The Citadel, Intrepid, and Enterprise were all based on the Dreadnaught circuity. At this point it's pretty much ancient history. All of that happened over ten years ago. Since then they have made some modifications to the Dreadnaught to create the Dreadnaught II and also to the Citadel to create the Citadel 1.5. Hope this helps.
No need to apologize. Only a handful of people knew the facts. Theta originally was working with a much more famous designer to design their amps, but it didn't work out. When they hired me, I wasn't that well known and so they didn't want to make a big deal about the fact that I was the designer. Then when they hired Dave Reich (a great move by the way, as he is a very talented designer as well as a super hard working guy) -- unfortunately the rumor I heard was that ATI fired him as soon as they bought Theta -- I don't know if that's actually true), they *really* didn't want to publicize the fact that I designed it. It would have seemed bizarre to have just hired an amp designer but have hired someone else to design your amps! The Citadel, Intrepid, and Enterprise were all based on the Dreadnaught circuity. At this point it's pretty much ancient history. All of that happened over ten years ago. Since then they have made some modifications to the Dreadnaught to create the Dreadnaught II and also to the Citadel to create the Citadel 1.5. Hope this helps.