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| I listened to a pair of Audio Research Reference 330Ms I certainly hope that new ARC management is not expecting a 90K tube monoblock to restore consumer confidence post recivership. ARC has had a lot of QA issues due to outsourced parts and lack of repair techs that forums don’t report because fans i... | |
| ARC M300 MKII call for help ARC has to be able to warrant the repair. That means no tinkering or "close enough" parts. However that does not mean that the amp cannot be repaired. I would ask ARC for a detailed explanation of what they found and what would be needed to fix ba... | |
| Issue with Audio Research 5SE Preamp Agree with Cleeds. The 6550 also gives problems but stick with 6H30s ffor sure. Tube rolling is not an ARC thing and the 5SE in paricular. | |
| YouTube star Jay loves McIntosh MC 901 amplifier Youtube stars simultaneously rise and fall but advertsing dollars are the constant sky. | |
| Audio Research versus McIntosh tube amps: anyone experience or compare both? The 75SE is one of the sweetest ARC amps. Detailed, superb soundstage, excellent instrument timbre, and easy to check and adjust bias. Agree it will pair perfectly with your Ref2MkII. I did not have much success pairing Mac amp with ARC preamp de... | |
| Audio Research Reference 320M is being debuted in Meunchen I think the major takeaway is that ARC has hired new design talent that can bring the 330M to market. ARC had financial problems, but even with capital you need skilled people to design new gear and repair old gear. Dave Gordon has said new produc... | |
| If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments? An acoustically well treated room can make a much less expensive system sound far better than a much more expensive system in an untreated room. Acoustic treatment, done properly, can leave you wondering why you thought what you listened to before... | |
| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review Reviews are largely another form of advertising. Boilerplate is far less time consuming than critical analysis and irate manufactuers threarening to pull advertising dollars can be avoided. | |
| Breaking news! Jays Audio is moving to Texas and takes interest in McIntosh Youtube fortunes are built on attracting sycophants living vicariously through access savvy individuals parading temporary ownership of ulta high end goods. | |
| Rockport Lyras Any negative discussion of this individual is shut down on other forums as well. Self promotion, not content, is integral to so many aspects of internet activity and profitability that it cannot be nevatively discuused. | |
| Audio Research Financial Troubles Most recent post on FB was quite positive and encouraging. The introduction of the 320M seems near completion while acknowledging long development beyond norm. In the wake of reorganization with new owners new equipment goes a long way toward esta... | |
| Audio Research Financial Troubles There has been no actually new product from ARC since Ward Fiebiger passed away in 2017. He, essentially alone, designed all the ARC audio circuits since 2005. Trent Suggs purchased a company that was already compromised from a design talent stan... | |
| ARC REF 6 upgraded by ARC. I knew there was a reason I stopped reading and posting on these forums. Silly of me to return. | |
| mcintosh mc-462 I had a C70 and Mc462 in a second system, but the room was too small, the speakers were too big. I sold the entire system starting over with SET. However, the 462 is a very powerful and smooth amp that I thought had excellent synergy with the C70 ... | |
| ARC REF 6 upgraded by ARC. Basically you are in queue waiting for return authorization. Once you get that you have 30d to get unit to them and they start when received. Customer pays shipping and ARC prefers original packing. They want tubes but out of unit in original pack... |