woodrow

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ARC LS-15, thumbs up or down?
You have noticed an improvement so far, therefore, I suspect you will ultimately be happy with your ARC. With my ARC I found the stock Sovtek tubes to be a bit bright and the bass to be OK but not great with my B&W Nautilus 805's and dual Velo... 
BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS
Mandrake, I own B&W N805's and agree somewhat with others who have recommended this speaker. However, this speaker is very revealing of the electronics ahead of it. I am not familiar with your Marantz receiver so I cannot say how they will mat... 
Over-amplified bass from phono stage?
Oh Boy, did we ever fight that problem back in the days before CD's! I'm not telling my age but my first "high end" turntable was a Garrard model 50 (yuck!). I think Steven has touched on your problem however, I suspect that rather than an ifrason... 
Building amps from kits
In the 70's and 80's I built almost all of the Dynaco kits which at the time were probably the best available and could be modified to no end. I still have a Stereo 70 that I will absolutely not part with and I don't even use it! I also built seve...