I attended the Southwest Audiofest in Dallas this weekend and visited the Audio Research room. They are releasing some new products in a couple of months. I don't recall all of them but there will be two solid state amps, a couple of tube amps and I think a new integrated amp. I think all of these will be at the "lower" end of their price range of products. I still own a the LS-15 line stage which is nearly 30 years old. I had it modified/upgraded about 10 years ago and it is still sounding sweet. I am curious about one of their newer SS amps. I also owned their 100.2 power amp a number of years ago but regrettably sold it. I've been impressed with the quality of their products and customer service.
Need to learn about Audio Research
Still exploring amps and preamps to go with my Magnepan 3.7i.
I've always heard about Audio Research being a great match, but I'm not familiar with the brand at all.
I'll need to shop the used market since the new gear is way out of my price range.
I am looking for a high power (100wpc +) amp and a preamp that has remote control. I'd like the preamp to be tube, and the amp could be either solid state or tube.
I don't know at what point in the model lineup remote control was added, but it appears most of the older gear did not have a remote.
Any AR experts here?