Hello Huigor,
I still have mine in a closet somwhere. This was a highly modified unit from one of the original designers John Beatty. It had custom made Teflon caps, a teflon circiut board, vishay resistors, a real clever battery powered circuit to keep the tubes biased? Anyway the Theta was my reference for many years. It wasn't pretty to look at but it trounced some very respectable preamps of the day. I haven't heard a stock one in years but I believe it was competitive with anything in it's day. I know that John Beatty would work on my unit if needed. I can probably see if I can locate his number if you purchase the unit. Hope this helps.
Rusty
I still have mine in a closet somwhere. This was a highly modified unit from one of the original designers John Beatty. It had custom made Teflon caps, a teflon circiut board, vishay resistors, a real clever battery powered circuit to keep the tubes biased? Anyway the Theta was my reference for many years. It wasn't pretty to look at but it trounced some very respectable preamps of the day. I haven't heard a stock one in years but I believe it was competitive with anything in it's day. I know that John Beatty would work on my unit if needed. I can probably see if I can locate his number if you purchase the unit. Hope this helps.
Rusty