ARC vt100mkiii Questions?


I brought one of these 2ndhand lately. The amp had both side boards inside replaced and only the transformers were old. So, it is not broken in. Well, I would like to get advice from other owners about its bass responds. It seems on some music esp. acoustic double bass, the bass is a bit soft and undefined but on others like big symphonies, it sounds quite right with good dynamics. But overall, the bass is not as tight as I would thought it is. I use JBL4425 and Haarbeths HL_5S so to think it is not the speaker’s faults. Does yours have very tight bass? What bias settings were yours set to, mine is set to 60. Thanks.
luna

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Yes, I knew it should be 65 but as johnsonwu said, the 6550 will last longer if set lower. That is also why the technican set them to 55mv.
Thanks guys for the reply. I was wrong about the bias was actually setted to 55! Too low. I set it to 60 and the bass seems to get better. Yes, it is rounded and not tight but full and quite musical.