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Decision Decision Decision between Cary and Audio Research Sound

My decision came down to Cary SLI-80 INTEGRATED or Audio Research VS-55...60 amp.
I am currently using Audio Research LS7 preamp(but will upgrade to better pre amp if I go with AR amp).

As suggestion from here that Cary and AR are different sounding as Cary sound is warmth and AR sound is transparency. My problem is that I don’t have any dealer that carry both brands so I can go to listen to it and pick the sound I like between the two.

Need help from you guys again, who owned or had listen to both and which sounding would you like more?

Or if not even related to Carry or Audio Research, can be any brands,  Would you prefers Warmth or transparency sound and why?

Thank you for your time.

eddy1

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sbank
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Eddy, 
In general the Carys sound similar to the CJ stuff that you are moving away from. 
I'd suggest trying the LS7 with a better amp like advertised
Ads for Rogue Monoblocks 150s or the  Music Reference RM200. IMHO, monoblocks will help with soundstage/imaging by minimizing crosstalk between channels and separate power supplies. Cheers,
Spencer

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