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    ARC announces price increase effective Mid-March '24

    ARCDB ---- ARC Data Base. Not DS. Good catalog resource for official ARC publications and photos from previous years. Maintained by a fellow from the Netherlands I believe. https://www.arcdb.ws/
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    Koetsu

    I ordered a leopard stone body Koetsu last April. Took delivery in early June never imagining this would be the last of the line. Very smooth and detailed out of the box unlike my coralstone which sounded a little harsh until about 20h. I load both at 100 ohms.
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    What tonearm(s) are people using with their Koetsu cartridges?

    Ikeda 407.
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    Koetsu

    There are always intangibles that guide business decisions when surviving family must make them. Family owned and operated concerns often fail to survive the first generation due to a myriad od competing family interests. Additionally loss of control and perceived loss of honor (i.e Kondo AN/AN...
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    ARC announces price increase effective Mid-March '24

    The audiophile equivalent of electrochemical neutrality. Fanboy devotion balances hater animus.
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    ARC announces price increase effective Mid-March '24

    If you are a member it's a club. If not then it's a cult.
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    ARC announces price increase effective Mid-March '24

    I've owned ARC since 1979 (SP6A/D52B). Only with the 160S (three failed ghost meters), 6SE (failed volume control) and 3SE (delivered with non functional input 1 R channel) have I experienced such poor quality control and, in my opinion, component design flaws. Mr. Suggs cared about customer...
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    ARC announces price increase effective Mid-March '24

    If ARC has new or significantly updated models to replace the current line up and the there is no or minimal price increase the new/updated line pricing will be easier to sell. If no new/updated components emerge then then the road ahead may prove rather rugged.
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    ARC announces price increase effective Mid-March '24

    High and ultra high end audio products have characteristics of Veblen goods where demand does not decline or even increases as price increases. Some audio component manufacturers have established their requisite cachet in a highly rarefied market that does not obey normal demand curve behavior...
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    ARC announces price increase effective Mid-March '24

    Guess that's one way to try staying in the big leagues especially when coming back from a hiatus.
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    He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable

    The consequences of obsession are often tragic. Moby Dick comes to mind.
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Couple of photos of my Artisan Fidelity Garrard 301 Statement with Ikeda 407 and Koetsu Coralstone. Platter and chassis are stainless steel. Plinth is AF’s panzerholst ply with quilted sapele veneer.
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    Koetsu

    I decided to remount my Coralstone for the New Year. Life is too short to postpone enjoying such a pleasure.
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    $80K budget for Speakers

    Too many choices and too many opinions often arrive at the same destination as no choices and no opinions.
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    Koetsu

    I had hoped to have my boron Coralstone updated and rebuilt as a diamond, but that now seems unlikely. Lucky to have it at all. One human being does make a difference.
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