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Nelson...I wish it had the same casework with the tube meters of the Ref 75
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Mark...also double the price. I believe the VSi60 was $3,995 when it came out. For only a 25% increase in output power (60 --> 75 wpc), seems like a bit of unreasonable hike. I am a huge ARC fan but I always appreciated that their integrated amps were priced "reasonably." If this were a 100 or 120 wpc integrated with direct lineage from Ref 75 power amp and some trickle down in the volume control and preamp stage from the Ref 5SE, then I would have said the $8K would have been a more appropriate price point. But this feels a bit rich to me
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I was told there is some trickle down in this new amp and if you saw my first post, I said this is a new design and not an upgrade from the '60.
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You seem to think I was being critical of your statement. I was not. just following up on your comment with my observations. My question remains: I know we are just dealing with specs right now, but do you think it's good value where it is priced or a little bit rich? Just curious.
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The vsi60 was an excellent unit with a lot
of positive reviews. And from ARC they saying they double the quality and from what it saids in the manual is a brand new unit from the ground up. As soon they arrive at my store I will let you know how it sounds. |
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Nelson...thx for that. Looking forward to your thoughts on it.
Mark...you are most certainly correct. Customers will vote one way or the other with their wallets. Here's hoping this is another successful product for ARC. |
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