Audio Research LS12 Opinions/Reviews

ARCpreamps work best with there amps I have a ls12 and an ARC VT100MK3 IT IS A GREAT MATCH JK

I heard it when I auditioned the pass aleph/volksamp 30 amps. We had a wadia 830 driving it. First we played it with the preamp then with the wadia driving direct. The preamp added quite a bit of cloudiness to the recording. The salesman remarked that most people just buy the all-tube gain stage audio research ls-16. I don't notice nearly this much degredation when I move my adcome 750 (in passive or active mode) in and out of my home system. My sony xa7 cd player can drive an amp directly.

Well, I auditioned that thing last month, would say bit define to LS-3B but rather better in timming/separate, well fogus than LS-3B, but the good old 3B is so smooth! That's all I can think of as of now(need more time to audition), should buy one new? don't know! price of LS-3B used is so cheap so......I'll go with classic(if you're not using one now). Just my op/good luck, Rute.