VTL Siefried vs Audio Research 610T

Wow, Samuel, relax. I have no intention whatsoever to imply anything, apart from the fact, that you prolly use Shunyata cables beeing a Shunyata emploee.

You guys make great products (I'm using Anaconda Helix Alpha PCs myself) and that is why I brought up the Shunyata Orion cable as an alternative to the Everest that both Jon and I use.

Cheers and Marry Christmas !

I have been following this thread, and am curious of one
thing. This is directed for Jon p, and there may not
be an answer here. I know you have mentioned the objective
of wanting to increase your power and headroom here. Is
there anything you are looking for from the VTL from a
sonic standpoint that you may prefer to the ARC. That said,
at this price point I would also want to hear the competition.
FWIW, I have VTL 750's. I am now looking for a slightly
warmer, more textured midrange. I am considering going to
KT-88's to achieve this. I am not sure this helps now.
However, I believe VTL offers their amps w/ a KT-88 option
so this could come to play at some point. My comments are
based on tetrode mode only.

You will find KT88's richer in the mid to upper frequencies, you may lose some lower mid and bass structure, it is a trade off.

I actually own the ref 2. I am wondereing differences btw. those amps and siegfrieds or the 610's. I heard both amp's but in very differnt set up's and I am interested if someone has heard it in direct comparision..
Thanks
Alex

tonight my dealer brought the Siefried's to me to audition for a couple of weeks.

Let me say, I was pretty amazed at what that amp can do. I've heard time and time again the Wilson Maxx's love current. Well, the first time, I now know what folks are talking about.

The Siefrieds and the Maxx 2's took everything I threw at it with unbelievable ease. Even when listening at loud levels it was amazing how it held everything together.

Going to listen more in the coming days. I'll have the 610T's in a couple of weeks to audition and I'm looking forward to that. Though I've only had the Siegfried's for th evening I must say i'm impressed.

Jon