Audio Research a good match?

I auditioned a pair of dunlavy athenas with the ARC VT100 MKII and a wadia 850 run direct into the amp. The room was well treated with about a dozen floor to ceiling asc traps. I never have heard anything so good before or since. Sound stage definition was very precise. I compared the ARC to a Pass Labs Aleph (i think it was a 2) and the ARC was everybit as good in the bass and much smoother in the top without giving up any extension. I was going to buy the ARC until i found a great deal on some VTL monoblocks. The ARC may be a little more open sounding than the VTL (or it may have been the wadia..got to get me one of those!). You can't go wrong with the VT100

I actually heard this combination a few months ago at a dealer location in Austin,Tx. Fabulous midrange with good bass extension (perhaps not quite on par with the Dunlavy SC-5).I personally believe that the ARC VT100 MKII is one of the better values in high-end audio.

I owned a VT100MK2 and I own a Wadia 16 and Maggie 3.5's. I will tell you that it did sound good, but I will tell you that the Bryston 7bst's sounded alot better with the Maggie 3.5's on the low end and High for about the same cost.

yes the vt100 mkii is a great amp,but on maggies i'm not so sure. we,ve played around at my dealers and anytime you try to get any voloume out of the 3.6's the amp clips.now if you really want to drive the maggies,find a pair of m-300's[audio research-of course] and they'll totally control these speakers.some of the finest amps a/r ever made. you can find them on the net for 3200.00-4000.00 and with new tubes[800.00] they'll cost about the same as a vt-100.in reallity these amps will blow you away and make a fool out of anything except in the ref 300-600 catagory.