gram Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) Item: Audio Research VSi60 integrated valve amplifierLocation: Melbourne 3127; local pickup only at this stagePrice: $3800 or reasonable offer ($8495 retail)Item Condition: 9.5/10Reason for selling: Need more versatilityPayment Method: PaypalExtra Info: Relisting - I let the trail go cold after I first listed this, time to move it on now. The ARC brand and the VSi60 don't need much introduction from me here! I bought this new from Carlton Audio Video in March 2016 or thereabouts. You'll find many highly positive reviews of this online. It does not have an hours counter, but I'd estimate I've put no more than 50 hours on the valves. It has the original valve complement: 4 x Tungsol KT120 and 2 x Sovtek 6H30. This model is still current in the ARC range, retailing at $8495 on the CAV site. The bigger brother VSi75 (KT150 valves) retails at $13495, so did not replace the VSi60 in the ARC range. The ARC VSi60 is perhaps not the prettiest-looking valve amp you ever saw (it still glows nicely in a darker room), but it sings beautifully! It has plenty of oomph to drive trickier speakers, but I've had it on an easy reasonably efficient speaker load. It has the lovely ARC valve sound - reasonably neutral while still displaying some classical valve wamth. I am not replacing it for better sound (I don't think it can be beaten by much at this price point) - instead I need an amp that can also do some HT duties, and I have tired of swapping speaker cables around to listen to music again! I still have the box, and of course include the remote, power cord, manual. Happy to demo to genuinely interested buyers. Aside: Eagle-eyed viewers may noticed that I have futzed with the serial number using Photoshop (paranoid type) Pictures: Edited September 6, 2017 by gram relisting 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o2so Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I think it is one of the most good looking tube amplifiers out there. By the way, I have dealt with@gram before and it was a pleasure. Highly recommended. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunno77 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 A fantastic integrated. The most interesting pairing I experienced was with Martin Logan Ethos and Montis. If I didn't already have a valve integrated I would be all over this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gram Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Still available ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gram Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 I have relisted this - got distracted and dropped the ball last time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Kazz Posted September 7, 2017 Volunteer Share Posted September 7, 2017 This item has been withdrawn from sale or relisted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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