Feast your eyes on one of the best preamplifiers ever designed by Nelson Pass. The ten/hl reveals clean, sophisticated layout - all discrete components with a gold plated circuit board. The design uses an outboard power supply, far away from your signal path. It's considered a "linestage" as it's not intended to handle a phono signal – those duties fell to the separately available FET ten/pc. You will not be disappointed with this rare preamp, considered a reference by many.
- Production
- 1986-89
- Condition
- 9/10
- Serial No.
- 04067
- Orig. MSRP
- $1800
- Restoration
- Full 30-point service check
- Cleaned controls, switches, and chassis
- Specs
Type Dedicated line-level preamplifier
Inputs Analog Disc, Auxiliary, FM/AM Tuner, CD Player, Video Audio, 2 Tape Monitors
Outputs 2 Tape Record, Main to power amp
Controls Source, Mode (Stereo, Reverse, Invert, Mono), Signal Distribution (Monitor Tape 1 or 2, Copy 1 to 2, Copy 2 to 1), Volume, Balance
Voltage gain 20dB max
Frequency response 1.5Hz–150kHz +0, –3dB
Max output 20V
THD 0.01% at 1V out
Output impedance 100Ω
Dimensions 19"W x 2"H x 10"D
- Documentation
Threshold FET-10hl Owner's Manual
- The History of Threshold
- Threshold Audio was established in California in 1974 by audio engineer Nelson Pass and graphic designer Rene Besne. The company is well-known as a high-end audio equipment manufacturer today....
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- Liner Notes
The Threshold FET-10/HL linestage is an 'old' stereo unit built back in the late 1980s by the great Nelson Pass. It uses discrete FETs throughout with no op-amps in sight. It has tape outputs, selector switch for five inputs, a stepped Nobles balance and volume control. The FET ten/hl does not add or subtract nothing substantial to sound: resulting sound characteristics depend on other components in the chain.
- Stock No.
- 7596808306909
Feast your eyes on one of the best preamplifiers ever designed by Nelson Pass. The ten/hl reveals clean, sophisticated layout - all discrete components with a gold plated circuit board. The design uses an outboard power supply, far away from your signal path. It's considered a "linestage" as it's not intended to handle a phono signal – those duties fell to the separately available FET ten/pc. You will not be disappointed with this rare preamp, considered a reference by many.
