Final? ARC Chapter...

Typical internet comments from many who don’t understand business. And mid-fi? Really? More that don’t have a clue. ARC may not be everyone’s flavour but it certainly is not mid-fi…

so happy end? I didn't read all the details.

Both Acora and ARC need a designer to make them not look like they were shaped with an axe

So shallow to value looks over quality of sound.  I heard the Acora speakers at the 2022 Axpona in Tampa.  I almost walked past the giant room with the two diminutive speakers until I heard music coming from them.  They sound spectacular.  

I was using Yamaha gear in the 1980s up until I heard an ARC preamp.  The Yamaha gear was very attractive and sophisticated looking.  I recall at the time thinking about how plain the ARC preamp looked in comparison.  A flat silver face, four knobs, a couple of green lights and some toggles that didn't really compare to the more flashy gear at the time- and some with colorful fluorescent displays.  I grew to appreciate the industrial look and incredible sound.  ARC preamps' beauty is on the inside.

I'd say you can't see the gear in the dark but my system has so much resolution and detail that it creeps me out if I try to listen in total darkness now.  It feels like people are moving around in the room.  

Agree that everyone has different tastes.  ARC is a force and major player in the Hifi industry- of that there is no doubt.  We have lost too many icons in Audio already.  Hate to lose another.

CLEEDS. Thanks for your response.  Was very much appreciated 🙏.  That is great news to hear that AR and the company staff will still be up and running making some of the best sounding equipment on the market. I own the ar sp3-a1.  To my ears the BEST SOUNDING TUBE PREAMP EVER MADE!!!!

I have never owned any ARC gear, But have never thought of it as mid-fi

Always sounded decent to me when I ran across ARC systems.

I have friends who have owned and thought very highly of the brand.

Seems some here like to berate certain brands, Opinions are like butts everyone Has one.

Maybe if you have no bad personal experience to share about a brand, your opinion might be best kept to your self. There are a multitude of reasons why you may or may not  appreciate a product.

Better to say you it's not for you than insult the owners of the product.