Yeah, I have seen a pretty good amount of Threshold pieces about the inter-web thingamabob but my skepticism about their provenance has kept me from actually dipping my toes in the proverbial waters. Price wise they're certainly in my wheel house.
My guys around the corner just told me that they have a BAT VK3 preamplifier coming in soon - not certain of the exact model number - that they'll let me have for about $1k. I've never had but always wanted to check out their stuff and maybe this is the perfect opportunity to tube front a class d amp!
What this all comes down to is that I am building a new system around my LOUDSPEAKERS - which some people here may think is backasswards...but what the heck. I moved my Maggie 1.7's out and haven't looked back, but when I have my original CS 3.5's to my nephew I haven't been able to look forward. Thiels are THAT good.