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In Reply to: GAS Thalia II holds up well posted by George S. Roland on July 20, 2016 at 08:49:36:
It is great to hear that a nearly 30 year old solid state preamp can compete with the "good company" you have already listened with and enjoyed.
Has this GAS unit been upgraded with any new parts ? I have always wanted a Thaedra or Thoebe and wondered if the simpler Thalia could even sound better than those full function units. The slide-controls on the Thoebe always scared me away; as they did on SAE gear. GAS hyped the "Servo-Loop" techno babble; even for the rare Goliath headamp they offered for a short while. All of their mm preamps used active feedback phono EQ, of course; as did the Phase Linear stuff from the earlier and same era. From the West Coast designers, before Threshold, GAS was tops IMHO. Your SP-8 also uses feedback phono EQ; which I believe to be a very good sounding practice...
So, now that you have been fascinated with this little gem for more than a few hours, could you try and "compare notes" against your SP-8 for us ? Inquiring minds want to know....Is the Thalia sweet and detailed or neutral sounding ? You mentioned "spacious...and clean with great bass detail..." Could you please elaborate ? Finding ss preamps that image well and throw a huge soundstage is a tough search. I am fascinated with the sonics from certain solid state phono preamps and it sounds like the Thalia might warrant that short list.
Enjoy that preamp !
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