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Seriously? Why Buy ARC Ref 6SE? seems Benchmark LA4 is a better choice.

And costs only a few grand vs soooo much more for a ref 6se preamp.  Benchmark LA4 Does HT bypass very easily.  
I am at a profound loss.  what the heck is going on inside the Ref 6se box.  What the heck does it all do? 
6se is very pretty but Benchmark LA4 also looks nice. And the McIntosh c1100 preamp is also very pretty.  Frankly, what justifies buying a preamp at such a high price?? It is supposed to be a neutral pass thru of a signal.
emergingsoul
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twoleftears
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Anyone read the Jason Serinus review of the ARC preamp in Stereophile?  The Benchmark got a brief comparative listen and, err, didn't come off too well.

(Full disclosure: of Stereophile's reviewers, JS gets on my nerves a great deal more than anyone else.)
yyzsantabarbara
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@aewarren You must have been a good hockey player with those deflection skills. Whatever, man audiophile talk is not that interesting to me. 
rird
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I think many have a certain ideal when it comes to hearing/ listening.
Neutral or not, it's just the way it is. 
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