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'06 is going to bring some goodies

 

Donno. Maybe it will grow on me or look better to me in person (The Foose's that is). I think visually I prefer plain jane beffy ribbed metal like Linear Power/ESX or a pretty chrome /gunmetal finish (DLS/Genesis....), or internals showing like a helix. Just my preferance though. The do look PPI PC ish in shape and thats kinda cool. I like the amps in the last pictures. Now one just looks huge and the other...metal plate on top that slides out to reveal *****....I LIKE!

Great move for Arc. I'm sure at it's price point and the Foose name with Arc quality, it will do well. Also cool to see them make a higher end amp.

 

to Steve's post

i still like the look of the XXK amps. maybe i'll like the look of the Foose series after seeing it in person.

 

I like the look so far. In person I'm guessing I'll like them even more.

 

So from what i read some of the Foose Series amps will be better than the xxk series? I thought there were slotting in right below the xxk's. Should be pretty sweet. I do like the look of the amps though

 

The xxk4150 and 2500 are the best of the xxk sonically. The Foose will be all new design and actually a tad cheaper- and promise the whole line to be as good as these, with the other models better than the xxk counterparts.
Its hard to beat 0.005% thd and over 2000 damp factor to begin with.

From what the production tech @Arc said, the outputs design
of the 4150 is so top notch that they are keeping that part of the xxk
design onto the new models(SE/Foose)

 

Sweet, and slightly cheaper too..... thats awesome.

 

They were originally trying to market that way, but bench testing proved it to hang and on some exceed the XXKs. Still at a slightly cheaper price point as well.

 

Theres also actually a few more lines from the SE than whats listed there ie: the SE4200...

 

wait, i thought the xxks were going to be replaced by the foose line...

 

No, by the SEs

 

so if the Foose line is that good, is the SE series that much better than the xxk's?

 

Yes with alot more flexibility.

 

Like always, very nice work by Arc. To bad it’s so expansive. Especially now that my bose speakers have stopped working.