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| Linn Akurate CD vs. others Almost 10 years since someone posted in this thread, but someone might find my thoughts and experience worth to read about.Since many years these components have been used in my systems.Linn Akurate CDT+A Elektroakustik D-10Mark Levinson No 36 (DA... | |
| Top Ten Speaker Cables of all time?... MIT MH-850 CVT Shotgun Evo for full register use.Magnan Signature for best performance in mid and treble. | |
| New Wireworld Gold Eclipse ser 6 vs. Ser 5.2 inter Hello 5560.I have used Wireworld Gold Eclipse in my system since 5.2 came to the market and are using GE6 and Platinums today.I first tried Platinum to replace 5.2 and I have to admit it was a major upgrade.Since then I also bought several GE6 to ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 5 and Krell amps SfstereoPlease consider Elrod's power cords too.I have many Shunyatas including Anaconda CX and like them a lot, but found a very good combination in ARC Ref One and Elrod EPS2 Signature. | |
| audio research REF 150 Oregonpapa:New ARC products are always announced as a more or less big revolution in sound quality compared to the replaced model.The truth is that many still prefer earlier models.Personally I have used all Reference preamps except Ref5 and the 4... | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Main rig:ARC Ref OneARC VT-150SE (mid and treble)ARC 300.2 (bass)Linn Akurate SACDExact Power EP15AShunyata HydraPowercables from Shunyata and ElrodInterconnects Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, MIT Oracle 2.1Loudspeakercables MIT MH-850CVT Evo Shotgun... | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Thanks for your comments so far Lawence_carpio.Seems like you have very similar experiences with Ref One.Mine is the lastest version too.Love to hear more about your Ref One adventures and what made you like it...Tmsorosk:Ayre ?Hmmmm...Might need ... | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Jwm:I'm not surprized.VAC make excellent amplifiers and Ref2 mk2 is not the best effort from ARC. | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Tim, just out of curiousity, which preamp are you using ? | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Pubul57Considering that Ref One costed $9000 when released 1995 and Ref 5 costs $12000 when released 14 years later I would say that Ref One is any "cheaper" than Ref 5 if you look at the general price development over the years.But if you look at... | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Jwm:I don't see why a leaner sounding can't be more musical.IMHO any of the better Conrad Johnson's is more musical than any of the Ref preamps I have owned and at the same time leaner sounding.Remember that Ref One have 12 dB feedback while Ref 5... | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Thanks for the input Lawence_carpio.Haven't heard the Ref5 yet, so your input are very interesting. Please describe more if you can......or correct my assumptions if you find them to be wrong.Ref 1 have a bigger bolder soundstage with greater dyna... | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Hello LaurentI just looked and actually VT-150SE is a stronger amplifier than Ref300.In fact it is stronger than all Reference amps except Ref600 which is as strong as VT-150SE.Energy storage: Ref300 448 joules and VT-150SE 420 joules.Feedback: Re... | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Arcl60:Have you installed all three upgrades in your VT-150SE ?I have never heard anyone mention these upgrades, but they are official upgrades from ARC.One of them is to change from MIT Coaxial caps to Infinicaps, that made a quite dramatic impro... | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages Thanks for your inputs Arcl60 and Dbarger.Laurent:Yes I have listened to Ref 2 mk1 but only shortly so I might not be the best man to ask, but I remember that I found it to be a bit coloured. I wouldn't search for one if you have LS5 mk2 and even ... |