ARC VT200 or Sonic Frontiers


I am looking for a good tube amp(?) to drive my Martin Logan Prodigy's. I am seeing ARC VT200/100's and lot's of Sonic Frontiers stuff here on Audiogone. Does anyone have experience in this area? Does the new mkII version of the VT200 sound better than the old (all tube version). I can't audition these amps so any help would be great.
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Showing 1 response by patsuh

I own a VT200 Mk1, which recently did some mods inside the unit:
-replaced the infinicaps and wonder caps in signal output coupling caps and power supply bypass for stealth caps
-The original power cord replaced by transparent reference xl power cord.
- Replaced all tubes by using svetlana special edition

those improvements transform this extremely good amplifier into a new one vastly better than original.

-Much better low end, tight bass, extremely dinamic, some veil removed which mades a extremely accurate amplifier.
- the mids are to die for, clean as the best, articulated and effortless.
- top end is too another area vastly improved, in fact I don't know from what I heard a better top end out there.
- the soundstage increase and much better defined.
the system is:
VPI Classic turntable/dynavector vpi special cartridge
Audioresearch ref 3 preamplifier
Meridian G08 CD player
Nordost quattro fil balanced interconnects
transparent loudspeakers speakers cables