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Editor: On those quiet, solitary evenings alone, when all that can be seen and felt is the thermal air currents rising from the ARC VT-100 and the soft, seductive glow of the tubes' heaters and the faint green glow of the other ARC componets, it is heaven. All in all, it is relatively modest system; about 12K. Ah, but when friends come over to listen, I am in awe of how absolutely horrid it sounds. I cringe when my associates go on and on about how exquisite it sounds; to my ears, all I can visualize is monolithic quantities of fresh detritis. Then they leave and all is well once again. I retreat to the comfort of my seclusion, all alone with the glow of the tubes and the sweetness of the drop-dead gorgeous sound, top to bottom.