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SP-14

The 1990 SP-14 replaced the SP-11 and added remote control to ARC's reference valve preamp.

Catalogue code
SP-14
Years
1990
Type
preamplifier (tube)
Valves & speakers
All-valve line and phono stage, remote control
Lifecycle
retired
Confidence
Medium
Channels
2
Technology
tube
Class_of_operation
not stated in the catalogue sheet
Original_list_usd
not listed by ARCDB
Safety

Valve equipment: 400-500 V is present on the plates and stored in the supply after switch-off. ARC units are valve-matched at the factory - replacement sets must be bought as matched quads/pairs.

How this model is dated
01 / Witnesses

What applies here

Marks that can be entered for this maker: Model / catalogue number, Model / catalogue number, British capacitor code (Hunts, Mullard), Japanese capacitor code (Nichicon, Chemi-Con, ELNA), EIA component code.

02 / Bounds

The model year is a floor

Nothing predates 1990; components only push the date later.

03 / Value

What moves the price

Sold-listing reading: fair $1,400, good $1,625, excellent $1,850 USD · 2 sold listings (thin sample — indicative only) · as of 2026-10-17. Asking prices only - these are live listings, not completed sales. 2 listing(s) in USD observed on 2026-10-17 via the HiFi Shark marketplace aggregator; with fewer than three observations the same min/median/max is recorded as an estimate, not as an asking aggregate, which is a reading of the ask spread, not a condition grading. Listings in other currencies were seen and counted for the spread but are not converted here (see the journal): EUR x2.

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Evidence: Audio Heritage (JP) — period catalogue sheets · HiFi Shark — live listings aggregator