G.A.S. Ampzilla THALIA Stereo PreAmplifier, James Bongiorno design - ORIG OWNER!

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$400.0
condition
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G.A.S. Ampzilla THALIA Stereo PreAmplifier, James Bongiorno design - being sold by Original Owner!

Being sold as-is! Hasn't been turned on in years.  BUT....I am the original purchaser from new of this G.A.S. servo-powered, solid state, stereo pre-amplifier, designed by the legendary, innovative James Bongiorno (R.I.P.) - who'd designed for SAE, Marantz, Dynaco, Harman-Kardon, etc.  This unit has been in clean storage for many years, it does have a few smudges, maybe a scratch or two, on missing foot on the underside - see the photos for accurate condition.  Always in a non-smoking environment.


Bongiorno's company, Great American Sound (G.A.S.), is well known for their "Ampzilla" line of Servo-Loop amplifiers, and, following the success of the Ampzilla, Son of Ampzilla, and Grandson of Ampzilla, GAS went about developing a preamplifier with the same exceptional sonics and simplistic design that made the company popular.  

The now-classic Thalia solid state preamp is the result of that success. The preamp is a stellar performer.  Its compact size fits a ton of functionality, from multiple line inputs and tape loop, to dual phono inputs with an excellent MM phono stage built-in.  

I an Audio website, the designer is thus remembered, "...If I were forced to cite one single project that can describe James Bongiorno's genius I'd choose the GAS Ampzilla power amplifier because, at that time, this represented a refreshing departure from the usual HiFi cliché's...this power amplifier was every audiophile's dream!
More generally, his amplifiers and preamplifiers for SAE, GAS and Sumo were components that marked an era, for the originality of their design, circuit layout and price/quality ratio...."