My my Oregonpapa, all So predictable I am sorry to say, I rather think that the only one responding with an Infantile Strop Is yourself!
I have no intention in the slightest in pandering either to your pretentious and touchy ego or your 'demands' for any disclosure of a any malicious intent imagined or otherwise, however, please feel free to stamp your little hooves on the bridge for all you are worth.
Thus far, any points that I have raised in respect to the component changes and their respective costings are born out of practical expearience in this field, in considering the 'non official' disclosure that the bias operating point of the Kt150 remains unaltered within the models involved, then any associated and required component changes to the bias circuit would be minimal in practical terms, and in cost to the manufacturer.
We are led to believe some arbitrary percentage in terms of the efficacy of these enhancements over a non SE model, merely sporting a change to the KT150, of which, and for my part, having tweaked the performance of an number of disparate amplifier via the judicious use of upgraded passive components viz; Teflon capacitors ,Thick film resistors etc, etc, I remain sceptical of, in that without any 'significant' alteration to the performance curve, envelope, characteristics of the main output tube, or any 'significant' upgrade to either the Power Supply , Output transformers or coupling capacitors, that an improvment of "50%" is not entirely credible!
For any such seismic improvements I would be look for the next generation models, designed specifically around the Kt150, on which I am sure that work is well under way.
With all that said, I would hope for 'some' measure of improvements with an new build or newly serviced SE amplifier, freshly set up by an ARC technician, and that the worth of any such improvment is entirely of ones own personal consideration, with or without the exchange rate applied!
There remains only my one point of inquiry, in which the subjective does not apply, and one which I would expect members who have actually purchased or have ordered the SE upgrade, to be in a position to assist the rest of us, in respect of the 'small print' conditions that apply to the ARC 1 year warranty as advertised with this product upgrade?
I have no intention in the slightest in pandering either to your pretentious and touchy ego or your 'demands' for any disclosure of a any malicious intent imagined or otherwise, however, please feel free to stamp your little hooves on the bridge for all you are worth.
Thus far, any points that I have raised in respect to the component changes and their respective costings are born out of practical expearience in this field, in considering the 'non official' disclosure that the bias operating point of the Kt150 remains unaltered within the models involved, then any associated and required component changes to the bias circuit would be minimal in practical terms, and in cost to the manufacturer.
We are led to believe some arbitrary percentage in terms of the efficacy of these enhancements over a non SE model, merely sporting a change to the KT150, of which, and for my part, having tweaked the performance of an number of disparate amplifier via the judicious use of upgraded passive components viz; Teflon capacitors ,Thick film resistors etc, etc, I remain sceptical of, in that without any 'significant' alteration to the performance curve, envelope, characteristics of the main output tube, or any 'significant' upgrade to either the Power Supply , Output transformers or coupling capacitors, that an improvment of "50%" is not entirely credible!
For any such seismic improvements I would be look for the next generation models, designed specifically around the Kt150, on which I am sure that work is well under way.
With all that said, I would hope for 'some' measure of improvements with an new build or newly serviced SE amplifier, freshly set up by an ARC technician, and that the worth of any such improvment is entirely of ones own personal consideration, with or without the exchange rate applied!
There remains only my one point of inquiry, in which the subjective does not apply, and one which I would expect members who have actually purchased or have ordered the SE upgrade, to be in a position to assist the rest of us, in respect of the 'small print' conditions that apply to the ARC 1 year warranty as advertised with this product upgrade?
