Threshold T2 preamplifier  Threshold is one of the longest-
surviving high-end audio companies. Founded in the 1970s by
Nelson Pass and René Besne, it was acquired by a large, publicly
traded corporation in 1988. This had both positive and negative
results in that Threshold was then able to expand its
activities, adding the cost-effective Forté line of products,
but energies were drained away from cutting-edge design. Besne
left the company in 1991, while Pass resigned in 1992 to pursue
other interests. (These blossomed into the Pass Aleph 0
amplifier reviewed by DO in March '95, Vol.18 No.3.)
Threshold's T2 remote-control preamplifier, along with the other
T-series products (like the T200 amplifier reviewed by Robert
Deutsch in April '95, Vol.18 No.4), are Threshold's new owner
Randy Patton's answer to the question "What happened to
Threshold since Nelson Pass left?"  The T2 preamp is Swedish
engineer Michael Bladelius's creation, with assistance from Mike
Jaynes, Wayne Colburn, and Larry Roedenbeck. (Michae