Audio Research Financial Troubles


Was wondering if anyone had noticed that there seems to be a lot of ARC for sale on this site (62 right now) and on eBay there is 268 listings for ARC. Is this in response to the rumor of ARC having financial troubles and people are worried they may go under. Does anyone have an update on this or other info or am I being paranoid? And has the demand for ARC equipment gone down due to this? It appears that the ARC stuff is not selling. Your thoughts.Thanks.

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Fellow members, with the apparent glut of used ARC gear for sale, what would you consider to be the best Tube Phono Preamp "bargain" available?  I recently acquired an ARC SP-17 preamp and McIntosh MC-225, and I've been told the phono preamp in the SP-17 is pretty good.  Do you agree with that statement?  If not, back to my original question -- what is a solid older ARC phono preamp and what is the usual price range?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Allen