ARC's reference valve preamp of the 1980s, built in seven documented revisions between 1981 and 1988.
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.
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.
Nothing predates 1981; components only push the date later.
Sold-listing reading: fair EUR 1,850, good EUR 2,200, excellent EUR 2,500 EUR · 3 sold listings (thin sample — indicative only) · as of 2026-10-17. Asking prices only - these are live listings, not completed sales. 3 listing(s) in EUR observed on 2026-10-17 via the HiFi Shark marketplace aggregator; min/median/max of the observed asks are used as fair/good/excellent, 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): USD x1.
Evidence: ARCDB — Audio Research model database · HiFi Shark — live listings aggregator