@geoffkait - I guess subtelty is not my strong suit :) Thanks for the award.
After my long time ownership and factory tweaking of the SP-10 preamp, my continued contact with ARC was mainly due to maintenance and refurbishment of my Dual 75a, which is now dormant again, but I bought a whole host of parts for it to be refurbished a few times, the last right before the company got sold. I used to deal with Leonard-- they were always pretty nice to me, and followed up.