ktchnman

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ARC SP-11 MkII vs. ARC Ref. 1 & the winner is.....
OK, so it's a decade later than most of these comments, and I obtained a SP-11 MK II, upgraded the caps and wiring, a couple of other "tweaks", and installed a set of 6 circa 1968 German-made Telefunken (cryo treated) 6922 tubes. It is, in a word,... 
Tubes/SS Power Amps?
Not monoblocks, but I'm using a Cary 200.2 s/s amp with an ARC Pre, and it sounds very nice. Might be more power than you're looking for, but no heat to speak of at all. A/B design, has both Balanced and RCA Load is a pair of Martin Logan Theos.