3/28/2024 0 Comments Sonic frontiers sfs 50![]() Some people say tube amps sound muddled, not defined. This amp was everything good tubes are said to be: rich, full, warm sound. (Instead I got a nasty tube burn - I don't wanna talk about it) What can I say? What can I say? If this amp were a woman I would have taken her right there. this is what people are talking about when they use the term 'eargasm' i guess. When I say I almost burst into tears I'm not kidding. Suddenly I knew what tube people were talking about. The music overwhelmed me, surrounded me.it seemed to come from everywhere at the same time. I set it up and played a Neil Young CD and almost burst into tears. I'm blanking on the model but they are the 2.5 feet wide, 5 feet tall jobs. I was pairing the amp with an Audio Research SP-7 (older solid state model) and acoustic research electrostatic speakers. I think the list price was around $3000 a few years ago. I bought this amp from a guy on ebay for $1,100. the arc however, adds great bass to the same speakers. the lack of bass might be due to my use of electrostatic speakers - almost certainly it is partially to blame. I should also note that the arc sounded SO much more detailed it was simply astonishing.įor the money i think the sfs-80 is a nice deal: the build quality is outstanding and you get a great looking amp with a nice smooth, rich sound. within minutes i was hooked on the arc for good though. there is more of a velvety sound with it and when i first put the arc in my system i didn't like it because i was used to the smoothness of the sfs. the sfs is more musical than the arc however. that said keep in mind that the arc goes for about 2600-3000 on the used market these days (4/01) and the sfs for about 1000, 1/3 of the price. the arc has much better bass and is much more detailed and with a much larger sound stage. although i still love this amp i recently upgraded to an audio research vt100 mkII and the difference is night and day. well, it's been some time since my last review of the sfs-80 and ive now had experiences with other tube amps and i feel the need to tame my hysteria about this thing a bit. ![]()
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