Audio Research VT130, VT100 MkII or VTM120?

I had a VT 130 and it drove my Wilson Witts very well. IMHO one of the best deals out there. As to the 130 vs 130 se....I'm not an electrical enginer, but I had inernal pics of both and compared side by side. Didn't see much of a difference. Yes there are the meters, but the plain vanilla 130 is more bang for the buck.

I moved on to VT 150's mono's. While they are nice, I think I would have been better off sticking with 130's and using the $$ to buy concert tickets instead.

I'll agree with Efner that $3000 is a bit high for a VT130....but the going price these days for a VT 130 is closer to $2000. you might even be able to pick one up for below $2000...a bargin.