What is Audio Researches best preamp period

Tube or solid state from the oldest to the newest ref ser ,what is the best one they made or make.

bbaxley209-28-2005 9:58pm

bbaxley2 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 141 posts 09-29-2005 at 10:25am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete so what is the differ albert from ref 2 and mk1 or mk2 and what mk1 or mk2 did they change tubes,and are you saying if it is the model with russian tubes you cant tube roll,and how do you tell what model to get
bbaxley2 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 141 posts 09-29-2005 at 12:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete please only give me ark responce,dont care if something else sounds better,,,i need ark info..thanks
bbaxley2 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 141 posts 09-29-2005 at 07:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete is it so that the differ between the ref1 and ref 2 is a ht bypass?
bbaxley2 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 141 posts 09-29-2005 at 07:33pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete also not interested in phono ,only cd playback ,,redbook
bbaxley2 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 141 posts 10-01-2005 at 08:59am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete boy its hard for members to stay on track,so far a have gathered,ls25 mk1, ls5 mk1, ref 2 mk1,should be in line to what im going to do research,noone talked much about ref 1 preamp,can i get some feed back one it?