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In Reply to: RE: I'm a generation behind on ARC amps posted by Mechans on August 8, 2012 at 12:13:27:
Where is Bambi when we need him?
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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- I only partially agree - plantsman 15:41:29 08/08/12 (0)