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| ARC Reference Anniversary preamp in 2011 Well---for those who are thinking of upgrading from a ref 110 to a ref 210 or a 610 to get more power and a more substantive midrange without losing holographics that ARC is famous for--JUMP NOW. Th Ref 40 does it all in spades. In the first hour ... | |
| audio Research REF 110 and KT 120 tubes For what it's worth, I dropped ARC supplied KT 120s in my Ref 110 and can say with assurance that they provide noticeably more power, dimensionality and transparency. The caveat is that I did this bit of listening with a temporary pre (in place si... | |
| Audio Research REF 3 and REF 5 Tweaks I'll have to talk to my dealer who charged me $250. Thanks Scousepasty. | |
| Audio Research REF 3 and REF 5 Tweaks It is $250.00 if you don't buy it with the unit. | |
| sibilance on Eva Cassidy Songbird Hey guys. Just listened to the "Songbird" songs taken from "Live at Blues Alley " on that cd and, despite the typical analogue advantages, I might have finally found a cd that sounds better on balance than the vinyl. At least it doesn't make me wa... | |
| New Lamm models in sight?? And the answer is...... | |
| Audio Research Ref 110 As a follow up to anyone reading this thread--after 400 hours on the Ref 110 and 100 hours on a Ref 5 pre, I can only say that these components have broken in beautifully. So much so, that I am now amused by my original post. Transparent, neutral,... | |
| Audio Research Reference 5 Preamp Thanx Samuel. I had the pleasure of discussing high end audio with you at the Stereophile show in nyc a number of years ago and found your insights to be valuable then. Your insights are no less valuable today. Keep on calling it as you hear it. | |
| Audio Research Ref 110 Thanks guys. The only reason I hesitate to list all components is that over the years in this hobby, I believe I know the character of each component I own and how placement of everything (all on isolation devices), cables- pcs (Shunyata) ics (Ste... | |
| Audio Research Ref 110 While I appreciate that everything is system dependent, my question is, for those of you who have broken in the REF series amps, is this characteristic inherent in the break in process? | |
| Audio Research Ref 110 For sake of clarity, this problem does not manifest itself on well recorded cds or vinyl, but on average and below average quality recordings and on some sacds. Thus, I suspect junk in- junk out. That said, what will break in bring? | |
| Who has heard the new ARC ref 2 phono? What's the problem with the 6H30 in a phono stage? Something inherent in the tube design? | |
| Mcintosh C1000T users opinions I see ARC is coming out with a ref phono 2 introduced at the Munich high end show a week or 2 ago. You can find a photo in Alan Sircom's blog on AVGUIDE.com. It has adjustable curves like the Zanden---RIAA being one. I'll check it out later this s... | |
| Mcintosh C1000T users opinions The C1000T is the finest phono stage I have ever had in my system (by alot). I've had the C2200, Dynavector and Graham Slee ERA Gold. The GS was very good, the Mac 2200 was okay, but the C1000 was in another league. I had a brief in house comparis... | |
| Furutech Destat or Walker Talisman or both? I have not tried the Talisman, but bought the Destat about 2 months ago to replace the various versions of the Milty Zerostat (including v3) that I've had over the past 25 years. I simply believed that there had to be a better way to evenly discha... |