Help need speaker to match Threshold 4000 amp....

Ferrari,
How about Lector Zoe Italian Preamp...I heard this is a very musical pre.
I talked to Mr. Jon Sodenberg and told me older tube pre will work and any tube pre will work especially Audio research.
I am looking for a Lector Zoe Pre and do the speaker later.
Member please need more input for right speaker and preamp.

Thanks.pescolar

Wow! Snell Type A. haven't heard those for some time. They were absolutely wonderful speakers. anyway, just remembering good times.

Enjoy

Pescolar:

Not much help on the Lector Zoe Preamp as I have never heard one. However the AR gear I am fairly up to speed one and if I was ever to return to tube gear I would look for the SP8 or if I had big bucks the SP10. Both would require service from AR at this stage of their life. I am just not a fan of tubes anymore. From 1957 to 1977 was knee deep in tube gear, just wore me out over those years as well as my wallet was getting thin in keeping a supply of back up tubes always on the ready. When Threshold and Levinson came along I was out of tube gear at damn near light speed. In fact more like warp factor nine and haven't looked back. I have no fond memories of any tube gear. Others on this post will dissagree, but for me tubes are not a memory I wish to revisit. But good luck in your search, I wish you the best.

Yesterday I got few minutes late.There was a Lector Zoe came out for sale at Audiogon for $800 ...Ht by pass not working...anyway I think I am going to ARC pre.
Ferrari, i will check n read regarding ARC SP8 & SP10 and read more.I have to be carefull on choosing what I want.So I won't look back any more and then find the speaker for my future system.Any feed back on Dynaudio Contour SE..never heard of it.

Ferrari are you close to Brentwood right?

Thanks.pescolar

watch out for the really high output impedance of the ARC preamps that might make it very diff to mate to the very low inp impedance of the Threshold 4000. The result will be very lack-lustre sonics.
FWIW.