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can it bee that audio research vsi 75 has lack of open highs/mid ?

i auditioned twice one on display which offered me in kind of attractive price..
did it with my vinyl records
280 hours of working with kt150 tubes.
we tried it on several speakers .

some of them the sound was more open, but i still felt that it’s not "open" and natural enough.

i know that arc saying that the amp need around 600 hours for break in, but still i would expect something more after almost 300.
we compared it with kr audio va 900 which i think was a bit more open, but i think also a bit more aggressive.

does someone have another experience with this integrated amp?

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stone1 OP
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thanks.
i asked a friend of mine that is a very experienced technician in audio including tubes.
he said that teflon capacitors are the most reliable and quality caps, and it's isolated very good from heat and resonance.
i just wonder if it's the reason for relatively long time to break in.  

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audio research vsi 75 has lack of open highs/mid ?

is certainly not how I would describe it

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do you have one, or listen carefully to it?

audioconnection
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Whats the rest of your system including wires and all power conditioning.?

 Best JohnnyR

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first, i still don’t own this arc, just listened to it in a store.
have now :
crick audio integrated.
well tempered tt and arm.
monster alpha 2 cartridge.
speakers and phono stage are in a plan to upgrade.
right now kef speakers and SCHIIT MANI phono.
but i would not pay lot of intention to what i have today, since the only thing that will stay is the turntable.

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