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In Reply to: AUDIO RESEARCH VT130, VT100, VT200 COMPARISON posted by pro-dave on May 6, 2007 at 17:01:43:
I used a VT-100MKII for a couple of years and was very pleased with it driving Acoustat 2+2s until...I heard a pair of VTL Wotans. First of all, I've been an ARC fan for decades and still use one of their preamps. On the other hand, the VTL power amps are to die for. While I'm not suggesting you buy the behemoths, I ended up buying a pair of the similar sounding MB-450s. They were far more musical sounding driving to these ears, especially in the midrange. Bass slam is quite unusual for a tube amp as well. From a practical standpoint, there are bias adjustments for each tube (like the ARC Ref series) that eliminate the need to buy matched quads. Abe Collins wrote the definitive "how to bias a VT100" document and it is not pretty. With a VOM, I can rebias all 16 outputs for the VTLs in fifteen minutes or so.
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