ARC makes incredible stuff. Always musical. I don’t think I could afford your old gear now.
I’m still trying to connect with Stravinsky. Ravel, no prob.
Von Karajan conducted the first piece I fell in love with when I was 10ish. Check beethoven’s 5th our at the library, and was ready to hear the intro. I knew. BUT, I put the 3rd and fourth movements side on top. The start of that 3rd movement pulled me in.
Dear God, I’m old …
I don’t think I could afford my old gear now; retirement limits your budget.
In the words of another Connie, Who’s Sorry Now?
From Night in Casablanca, our favorite Sorry version:
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Same for me, except I’ve given up on Stravinsky.
What pulled me in, around 50 years ago, was the movie, “A Clockwork Orange”. I bought a recording of von Karajan’s Ninth, and it just grew from there.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sound+of+muzak+porcupine+tree+
Any Porcupine Tree fans out there?
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You ever sell that stuff, PA-lease let me know. I’m all MOSFETS now. B&K (now extinct)pre and power. My retirement Cadillac will be good audio. TUBE audio. Tubes get the midrange right. That older ARC stuff would chum up well to my 1968 Klipsch Heresys. They deserve each other. 
Beethoven’s No. 7, A major, Op. 92. A favorite
Definitely will keep you in mind if I decide to sell.
Some years ago I borrowed a 100 watt solid-state amp (from my dealer) to listen to as I was using a 50 watt tube job that didn’t have the guts to drive my Martin-Logan electrostats. I had it on loan for two weeks, but took it back after a few days. The dealer started laughing when he saw me bringing the amp back, saying, “You expected the SS unit to sound as good the tube unit?”
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Special mention to the lovely 80s/90s outfit (similar to what I wear these days in summer time, though my shorts aren’t as short!!) 
Beautiful song of course…
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Tube and electrostatics usually don’t play well. I go horns with tubes. BUT, tubes have the sweet membranes to music notes and human voices. I can always tell when a recording used tubes mics. Sugar!
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I’ve had good luck with the combination, with Quad 57s before the ML, and Dynaco, Copland, and ARC amps.
I just need a little more volume and booty, so I’d couple the tube amps with horn loaded speakers with sensitivities 95db+. I love the transparency of electrostats (had some Maggies a few years back), but I need more volume and booty. I’m spoiled that way. Something magical about a well-made horn loaded speaker, to me, anyway. It was '89 or '90 when I bought my Heresys for $200. After hearing them in the pawn shop, I had to have them.
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I just came here post that! You beat me to it.
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A little Humble Pie
Hand Habits- Can’t Calm Down
Foxygen- How Can You Really
