Audio Research VT100 upgrade to VT100 MKII


I have a VT100 pairing with SP6C. I feel the bass is not as deep as SS amp I used before. VT100MKII has doubled power supply caps which I think it will help the bass. Does any one know to upgrade VT100 to VT100 MKII? I am thinking about DIY.
cygnus_859

Showing 1 response by czarivey

AudioResearch used to be very cooperative providing upgrade kits to DIYers.
Nowday's I don't really know, but you should check if they'll cooperate to your endeavor.
You also need to know if it will resolve the bass issue(which I doubt), because bass deapth is limited by output transformer and there's not too much could be done there.
The great and definite solution is to add active subwoofer in the chain or couple. That will preserve great mid-range and trebble of tubes along with deapth of bass.
I'm not fan at all of bi-amplification, but in this case you can try combining your amps with McCormack DNA .5 that may mate with your VT100s without additional active crossover.