This is just fantastic sound, the type that audiophiles claim to pursue and exactly the sound that music lovers, uh, love. Alright, I hear ya yammerin' for details. Here they are. In audiophile terms, staging is perhaps the defining characteristic of the Thor. Players are solid and defined.
Depth is subtly and believably layered.
The Thor TA-2000 simply presents the best staging I've heard in my home. Dynamics of the macro variety are slightly shorted, but the micro type are just delicious, alive with the soft breath that is the earmark of naturalness. Treble is as pure as the water Pete Coors uses to make a living. Unlike the results of Coors' work, however, it is delivered without grain. In absolute terms, I would like to see just a bit more extension, but this is not much more than a quibble.