i had 150.2 and traded up to 300.2 about a year ago. used it to drive my maggies 3.6. love the amp and runs very cool. it sounds neutral(which I like)and tube like. In fact it's hard to tell difference when I switch to tube amp. tube amp is a tad warmer. i use an audible illusions modulus 3a and aes(cary) ae3 super pre. I've sold my maggies and are using my triangle zays speakers(93db sens). I use the 300.2 with them and sound wonderful. I highly recommend this ss amp.
Audio Research 300.2 Comments Please
Hi folks. Interested in your thoughts on the 300.2 from Audio Research. I'm in need of a high current and high damping factor design to drive some new speakers and I'd like to stay in the ARC family. I've got a 150.2 in my system right now on loan from a friend and it sounds pretty good but I'm wondering what might be gained by going to the next model up. Preamp is a SP16. I'd particularly like to hear from folks who were former owners and sold due to shortcomings or from people who have some experience with other solid state amps in the ARC lineup as a point of comparison. I like the fact that the new models run cool but in the end I'm hoping for performance which exceeds my old 100.2 (which is tough to beat) but with more low end control and superior dynamics. Thanks for your time.
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