ARC LS-5MKIII or ARC LS-25MKII

LS-5 Mklll yes!yes! definately. Especially the Mklll. Go balanced. Get yourself the Siemens 7308 gold pins and boy your set! I'm envious man!

I was a happy and proud owner of the LS5 II / III for almost 8 years. It's good to hear my old LS5 III is being enjoyed so much, Steve. Sounds like you have had it modified and retubed. Very cool. And Ken, no need to be envious, get to it and get one for yourself! You should have done this before all the amps and speaker swaps. And after the LS5, the PH2 is even more the impressive phono stage and an absolute steal at recent used prices of $750! I do not know of a better line/phono combination for the $$ than this. And throw in a VT130 and woo hooo, the magic can be breathtaking.
John

John - I own the LS5 MKII, how would you describe the difference between the MKII and MKIII versions?

Thanks, Ken

I also owned many ARC pre amps. Hands down the LS-5MKlll, I almost sold it to get the Reference One until I did a in home comparison. The LS-5 is one of the best pre amps ARC has ever made.

LS5 great musical piece

LS25 isn't in the same league