Audio Research i/50

@nosualc

Can say many of the same things for ARC. Good quality stuff, looks great, resale is good (although not as good as Mac gear).

I have just started looking into the purchase of ARC gear and thought this also regarding good resale values.  I don’t know whether or not ARC dealers sell new products with a discount off MSRP or maybe it’s the economy.  I mention this because I was surprised to see it appeared that much of the relatively new but not current model used ARC gear was listed at around 40%-45% off MSRP.  And ARC does come out with new models rather often, but fortunately appears to offer updates of previous models, but I guess this isn’t all that helpful resale wise.

just pull the trigger and bought one with onboard DAC&Phono stages.

Wondering if I sell my Lumin D2 with Sbooster and use just a Bluesound Node or a other pire streamer will make much difference and I can put the money in a good cans or MM Maestro V2.

An onboard DAC will make at least part of your Lumin potentially redundant. I guess I'd wait to see if you prefer the sound of the onboard DAC before moving on from your Lumin.

Problem is, if I don't like it, is a 1.500€ waste but... 

Also thinking, actually I have Zu Omen MKI, would like to go up for a Cornwall IV, 4349 or Devore O/96, any tips?

Thanks!

I talked to audio research again this week and they don’t know when the dac module will be available but soon. The dac module looks like a great option.