Thor Audio TA-1000 w Audio Note Copper/Mylar caps
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Ships from | St. Louis, MO, 63131 |
Ships to | United States |
Package dimensions | 19.0" × 19.0" × 16.0" |
Shipping carrier | FedEx |
Shipping cost | Specified after purchase |
Original accessories | Box, Manual |
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The Thor TA-1000 is a two-piece preamplifier with a heavy separate power supply. It was designed to compete with the best preamps on the market, regardless of price. Read the forums... this is a jewel. The built quality is among the very best I've seen. I have owned it for about nine years in my main system, and have had nothing go wrong.
Caps: About five years ago I had the Hovland coupling (2) and signal caps (2) replaced with pricey Audio Note copper/mylar caps. 1/2" extenders were put on the bottom plate to accommodate the larger caps. What an improvement on an already great preamp ... more resolution and smoothness, all at once. Very open, transparent sound with rich and full harmonics. It sounds incredibly real in the way it images and creates instruments and voices in space. Meaty, solid, real. 20dB of gain, can drive almost any amp.
Tubes: Earlier in 2019 I retubed the entire thing with four NOS tubes from Brent Jesse Recording. Two sweet RCA 5751 and two RCA 6201 (12AT7 miltary spec version). So this Thor is ready to go for years.
This unit works perfectly, no issues. I baby my equipment in a dedicated listening room, no smoking and no pets. Condition is rated at a 7 for age. The chassis is in great condition, no significant marks or scratches. The faceplate has no scratches, but its gloss has worn a bit so it shows smears in the right light, where fingers have rubbed on it to operate the controls. It's certainly possible this could be buffed to a gloss again but it never bothered me so I haven't tried. The power supply has a few very light marks but no significant scratches. I have the original box and manual.
Price is plus shipping and PayPal fee. Thanks for looking. I'm happy to answer any questions.
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