Tiger,
Your comments are interesting. I had done a side-by-side comparison between an Aries 1 1/2 (upgraded I but not a full II) and a Scoutmaster and I got just the opposite result. The Scoutmaster produced much cleaner bass and more textured mid - violin had more wood and more realistic bowing. Both had Lyra Helikon on, Aries had 10.5 arm, Scoutmaster had 9 arm. Phono was Krell KPE. I would expect the Super scoutmaster outperforms Scoutmaster due to a better drive system. I guess it is not always the case. It just shows that how important component matching can be.
Your comments are interesting. I had done a side-by-side comparison between an Aries 1 1/2 (upgraded I but not a full II) and a Scoutmaster and I got just the opposite result. The Scoutmaster produced much cleaner bass and more textured mid - violin had more wood and more realistic bowing. Both had Lyra Helikon on, Aries had 10.5 arm, Scoutmaster had 9 arm. Phono was Krell KPE. I would expect the Super scoutmaster outperforms Scoutmaster due to a better drive system. I guess it is not always the case. It just shows that how important component matching can be.