THRESHOLD S300

Undertow summed it up very well. The series II is said to be less dry at the top and tighter at the bottom than the earlier version. The e series, unlike the previous versions are DC coupled, true balanced, and in the stereo versions, dual mono with seperate trannies. Some claim that the series II is sweeter at the top than the e series, but, the e series is even tighter at the bottom and more vivid and transparent.

Gentleman, this is great information for me. Any other comments or important information would be welcomed. Thanks much. I look forward to all other comments.

If you want to stay with Vintage I ran my Threshold S/300 series 2 with a Audio Research sp11 pream and it was a exceptional combo...Also has a great built in Phono section too....

Threshold's own fet10 combo will work very nicely. Audio Research and Sonic Frontiers (though I think with the S300 many of the benefits might be lost)) are reputed to be good tube matches. FWIW, Audio Research is also reputed to work well with Maggies. If cost is an issue, the Forte pre's might be worthy of consideration. I'm guessing that with the e series, if you want to use a tube pre, it might be prudent to stick with one of the few DC coupled tube pre's such as Atmasphere or Sonic Frontiers.

I run the S/300 with an Audio Research LS-2. It might be a good idea to have the S/300 checked - it's around 20 years old. Some caps might need replacing, the bias might need adjusting etc. No big deal the 300 is built as a tank, but some components do age.