ARC Ref 5se inferior to LS28?

Not sure that logic necessarily follows.  5Se was introduced in 2011 - plenty of time for improvements to be made.  But the question remains unaddressed.  Does anyone have any experience comparing the two preamps?  Anyone from Audio Research able to shed some light on the question?

LarryRS 

I would agree if we were discussing a comparison of the Ref 6 and Ref 5SE, or LS28 and LS27.  I've not yet seen ARC claim a new LS is better than a recently discontinued Ref series.

LarryRS

wjt3, +1

No one had addressed the original question - a sonic comparison of the 5SE and the 28.