I'm upgrading to ARC ref 2 MKII.
Source is ARC CD 3 and J.A. Michell Orbe/SME V/Benz Ruby 2, speakers Wilsn Watt/Puppy 7. Now I power the combo with ARC VT 100 MKII, but I'm thinking to go even further in that direction too: here in Italy we don't have the 431 (it'll arrive in December), but did you compare it with ARC amps ? What about the match between Ref 2 and ML 431 ? Or should I put on hold the Ref 2 and wait for the new ML preamp due in 2004 (this was what my dealer told me), to have an all SolidState combo ?
I'm on the warm side of the sound and ARC plus Wilson sound good.
Thanks
Marco
Source is ARC CD 3 and J.A. Michell Orbe/SME V/Benz Ruby 2, speakers Wilsn Watt/Puppy 7. Now I power the combo with ARC VT 100 MKII, but I'm thinking to go even further in that direction too: here in Italy we don't have the 431 (it'll arrive in December), but did you compare it with ARC amps ? What about the match between Ref 2 and ML 431 ? Or should I put on hold the Ref 2 and wait for the new ML preamp due in 2004 (this was what my dealer told me), to have an all SolidState combo ?
I'm on the warm side of the sound and ARC plus Wilson sound good.
Thanks
Marco