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RE: phono stage sound mcintosh c22 or arc sp3 updated

Posted by Brian Levy (A) on January 24, 2015 at 10:59:48

In Reply to: phono stage sound mcintosh c22 or arc sp3 updated posted by n.buzzard@hotmail.com on January 23, 2015 at 22:28:59:

What updating has been done to the ARC and which version. Back when the SP3a1 was in production, I had a C22 with it and found the ARC better in almost all ways save, one. The ARC is far airier and transparent sounding, .so to speak,.as well as the soundstage and speed was better. The Mc was darker with more authority.

Neither was better but the ARC in my system had better synergy. I was running KLH Nines and JansZen HP824s using several Amos including Marantz 9s, Mcintosh MC250 and ARC D75.

I am not sure I would have made the same choice if running say, Klipsch Cornwalls, etc. In that case, I thing the system would have sounded too thin.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada

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