Thanks Gonzalo. I was very happy with the S450e but I had the opportunity to buy back a S550e that I owned a few years ago. That's the only reason I am selling the S450e otherwise it will stay with me for long time. The S550e has sentimental value for me so I couldn't resist to get it back.
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Some years ago I had a Threshold SA-4e. The input impedance is 50 K Ohms unbalanced and 600 Ohm balanced. I had an excellent Magnan Signature XLR cable which by design has a very high impedance of 30 K Ohms. My local Threshold service simply removed one resistor per channel which changed the balanced input impedance to something like 50 K Ohms. It was easy and without any problems because this resistor's role was simply to lower the input impedance to match a studio norm of 600 Ohms. Thus removing it did not affect the amplifiers basic design or performance. My Magnan Signature worked excellent with the SA-4e after the modification. |
Musicman159, Looks like I spoke too soon! Disregard my prev. post. Sorry! Here is a thread that might interest you:- http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1071852000&openfrom&1&4#1 |
I do not know the exact number however I know that all Threshold series pre & amps were IGFET designs. Given this fact, the input impedance will be very high for both single-ended & XLR. If your pre has a nominal output imp. of 600Ohms or something higher like 1 or 2Kohms, you should be just fine using the S450e, IMHO. FWIW |