Inna,
The rest of my system
Pre -ARC Ref 6
Power -ARC Ref 75
Speakers - Von Schweikert VR 44 Active
Phonostage - Simaudio 610 lp
CD/SACD/DAC - Esoteric k07
Streaming - Macbook Air with Audioquest Diamond USB
Speaker cable - MIT Matrix 28
IC's - MIT Oracle 3.1 ( front end )
Tonearm Cable - Synergistic Tricon
IC to power - Masterbuilt Performance ( 6m)
PC's - Shunyata Alpha Series ( various models )
Power Condtioner - Audioquest Niagara 1000 ( front end ), Shunyata PS 8 ( power amp, active woofers )
Furutech Gxtd- R wall receptacles
TAOC racks
Aside from no turntable for a long time ( hopefully versus forever ), no other upgrades for a while since I will be a poor man after this ( if I go the AF 3 route ).
folkfreak,
My initial budget is closer to 15k, 11k for the table and 4k for tonearm ( 9" Kuzma is around that pricepoint, IIRC ). So going from that amount to 32K is a very big price increase.
Lostbears,
I agree it is very difficult to demo tables and yes the the Ref 3 phono has 2 inputs. In fact, my ARC dealer has been bugging me to upgrade to it for a good price. But I feel the upgrade is useless unless/until I upgrade my TT 1st.
The rest of my system
Pre -ARC Ref 6
Power -ARC Ref 75
Speakers - Von Schweikert VR 44 Active
Phonostage - Simaudio 610 lp
CD/SACD/DAC - Esoteric k07
Streaming - Macbook Air with Audioquest Diamond USB
Speaker cable - MIT Matrix 28
IC's - MIT Oracle 3.1 ( front end )
Tonearm Cable - Synergistic Tricon
IC to power - Masterbuilt Performance ( 6m)
PC's - Shunyata Alpha Series ( various models )
Power Condtioner - Audioquest Niagara 1000 ( front end ), Shunyata PS 8 ( power amp, active woofers )
Furutech Gxtd- R wall receptacles
TAOC racks
Aside from no turntable for a long time ( hopefully versus forever ), no other upgrades for a while since I will be a poor man after this ( if I go the AF 3 route ).
folkfreak,
My initial budget is closer to 15k, 11k for the table and 4k for tonearm ( 9" Kuzma is around that pricepoint, IIRC ). So going from that amount to 32K is a very big price increase.
Lostbears,
I agree it is very difficult to demo tables and yes the the Ref 3 phono has 2 inputs. In fact, my ARC dealer has been bugging me to upgrade to it for a good price. But I feel the upgrade is useless unless/until I upgrade my TT 1st.