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In Reply to: RE: I'm a generation behind on ARC amps posted by plantsman on August 07, 2012 at 06:17:45
I always wanted to say that ARC's "house sound" is solid state sounding. I didn't want to get flamed from their many fans for saying it, I admire your courage.
I also want to add that Bob Carver was advertizing at one point, that he could make the same model amp sound like a typical golden age tube amp, or if the buyer preferred, a modern sounding tube amp. I think we can safely agree with Ralph, that it is the circuitry that determines the ultimate character of the amp. I imagine everyone except me, knew that already. That's from a guy that is an inveterate tube roller.
Steve
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I don't think the early ARC house sound was at all solid state sounding although it was more incisive and neutral than C-J products of the same era.
IMO it turned slightly more SS sounding in the mid to late '80s but still held on a fair chunk of tube virtues. You almost have to go product by product from this point on as the house sound was something of a moving target. Somewhere around 2000 the house sound took a definite turn toward SS IMO but I understand that the latest generation restores some tube qualities.
The driver tubes on Ralph's amps are (or at least were) somewhat tube rolling amenable.
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