Vs 115

[Dafos]

Hi Philip, welcome! Pics of your room will sure be welcome. Still one of the most musical magnepan based system I've heard. Specially with your collection of great sounding but unfortunately rare and expensive lp's.

[jadis]

Originally Posted by Dafos

Hi Philip, welcome! Pics of your room will sure be welcome. Still one of the most musical magnepan based system I've heard. Specially with your collection of great sounding but unfortunately rare and expensive lp's.

Thanks, Jerry. I am still trying to familiarize myself in this forum. I see a vast collection of nice audio gears around here. I'll post some pictures of my room, if I get to find the proper thread here.

[Asterisk]

Originally Posted by jadis

Hi, for some reason I am not allowed to post in the introduction thread, so I thought to come in via this back channel. I own an ARC VS115 since May of last year, and a couple of weeks ago I installed new Gold Lion KT88 power tubes to replace the 6550s. Previously, I had an ARC VS110 which I used for about 7 years and that had SED KT88s for virtually all its use with me. My line stage is a Jadis JPL with I toy with Mullard and Telefunken tubes, phono stage is the ARC PH3 with Mullard 2492 tubes, my speakers are Magnepan 2.7 QR from the late 90s, and turntable/arm/cart is a VPI HW19MKII/ET2/Koetsu Rosewood Signature. I tune my system to the 'mellow' side of things, and my favorite genre would be female vocals.

Nice that the VS 115 can still take a variety of power tubes. I have no idea if you can do the same for the Ref 150. Heaven forbid if something goes wrong with the production of kt-120's (as only one company makes them right now)
You have some choices to fall back on.

I also like my PH3 a lot, still does some things pretty well.



Rodney

[jadis]

Originally Posted by Asterisk

Nice that the VS 115 can still take a variety of power tubes. I have no idea if you can do the same for the Ref 150. Heaven forbid if something goes wrong with the production of kt-120's (as only one company makes them right now)
You have some choices to fall back on.

I also like my PH3 a lot, still does some things pretty well.



Rodney

Hi Doc,

From what I was told, the KT88s, 90s, 120s are direct substitute for the 6550. When I called ARC before about using the 88s instead of the stock 6550 and asked if it was ok, the tech guy said, the 88s are the 'same' tube as the 6550 so is a direct replacement. 120s, I have not ask them so far. But I love the 88s for its warm mids and bloom. Very airy and vocals can take an emotional higher level. I was thinking of updating my PH3, but now I still have not decided on which other model to take.

Philip