Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Power amplifiers: Threshold T-100 (pair used as "fully balanced" 180W monoblocks), Sumo Andromeda (very good 14-year-old amp, 200Wpc), Parasound HCA-1000A (165Wpc), Dynaco Stereo 70 (modified tube amp with MIT coupling caps and push-pull EL34 outputs, 35Wpc), Nirvana Electronic Works DCA 33 (battery-powered class-A stereo amplifier, 33Wpc).
Preamplifiers: Threshold T3i (balanced output), Creek OBH-12 (passive remote), Parasound P/LD 2000 (balanced, unbalanced, and "direct"), Chase Technologies RLC-1 (remote line controller).
Digital sources: PS Audio Lambda 2 CD transport; Randy Tomlinson-modified JVC XLZ-1010ZN (as transport and player), Marantz CC-48 CD changer (as transport and player), Marantz DVD player.
DACs & Digital Processors: Genesis Digital Lens, Threshold DAC 2, Parasound D/AC 2000.
Cables & Interconnects: Nordost SPM, Straight Wire Rhapsody II, Transparent Music Link Plus.—Barry Willis