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| New Magnepan 3.7 i ? After the 3.7 was introduced it was obvious that the 20.1 would get the same treatment from wire to quasi ribbon, from a manufacturing standpoint if nothing else. I said that on the planar asylum and it was the experts and gurus who said it was no... | |
| Mcintosh mc-601 or 1201 ? The 601s are a great value for their level of performance and quality. The 1201s are a lot more money and the sonic benefit will depend greatly on your room size and speaker efficiency, large room and low efficiency speakers gaining more from the ... | |
| Solid State to replace Audio Research REF110? ARC tube amps are tough on tubes and they do not last 2000 hrs in my experience. After 750 hrs the bias needs to be carefully followed and kept close to ARC specs or the tube and it's resistor will fry. Also ARC tube amps are not friendly to NOS t... | |
| Cognitive Dissonance Theory – What Do You Think? Cognitive dissonance is intrinsic to the psychology of high end audio. Those who deny its profound role often display the behavior most intensely. The major factors are subjectivity of experience, monetary investment, search for self validation, a... | |
| ARC tube CD players - Burn in Break in used to be 50 hrs, now 600? I have had my CD8 for over 3 years and frankly it's little different now as it was new. I have 200hr on my 5SE and cannot perceive any major change in sound. However, 600 hrs breakin is a good way to defer buye... | |
| Audio Research Reference 5SE reliability I drive my MC601s with the 5SE, no problems. The 601s are 20K and I believe the 452 is as well. I have always been an ARC tube amp customer, but I was so impressed with the 601s I traded in my VT200 for them. Never been a Mac fan or a "hater", but... | |
| Shunyata Hydra Walk into the house of the believers and proclaim a false god? Maybe you are a philistine? | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? Part of the reason McIntosh resale is above average and people are still talking about them (good or bad) is that they are still in business, ownership regardless. In the last 5 decades of their existence much of high end audio has come and gone w... | |
| Audio Research D-52B: any suggestions for caps? I bought my D52B and SP6 in 1979. After 34 years it's possible that ARC cannot easily source the parts you need, I assume you asked ARC? I have spoken with Kalvin numerous times so I am not sure it is fair to generalize about their customer servic... | |
| Audio Research Corp Ref 5 SE I just replaced my Ref3 with a 5SE. There are clearly discernable improvements in background quiet, detail, and soundstage definition. A "whole new ballgame", no, not really. Am I satisfied? Yes I will be able to live with this unit for many years... | |
| What's your view on blind testing? Double blind testing is a complex process because neither the test subjects nor the testers are privy to the identity of the materials being tested. The goal is to eliminate bias on both sides of the experiment. Even if long term audio DBT could b... | |
| Why no reviews of the Magnepan 3.7 in Stereophile Advertisement can morph easily into bias and even bribery. Equipment held over for personal use is unethical at best. Me thinks the lady doth protest too much. | |
| What's Up with Magnapan at Shows? Magnepan has reached the limit of design and technology without significantly increasing prices which they cannot do without sacrificing their major sales pitch---value. The only thing left to do is develop low cost tweaks and variants on the basi... | |
| KT120 in Audio Research Pre-amp? So how exactly did you get the KT120 into the VT200MkII? I was told by ARC it was not possible. | |
| Audio Research Ref 250s for Magnepan 20.1s? Magnepan used to drive their 20.1s w/ an ARC VT200. The Ref 250 will drive the 20.1 to varying effect depending upon the acoustic environment, which means you need to listen to them in your system. Unless someone responds to your post who owns the... |