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| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Agaffer, quite possibly. If I have the opportunity to test the X-01 to Ref 3 connection with one set of single ended Sky ICs and compare the result with the same balanced IC, I shall do so. Until such time, I will have to go with what my ears have... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Rgurney, yes the ARC REF 3 sounds extremely different if you defeat the balanced circuit while running true XLR ICs. The sound turned all together noisy, hazy, uninvolving and thin. . . all of a sudden it reminded me of my good old LS2B. When the ... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 I should add that, when I tried the ARC Ref 3 in single ended mode the test was unplanned. I turned off by mistake the balanced circuit on the remote, and for approx 20 minutes I scratched my head wondering why on earth the system was suddenly sou... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 John, I have no intention of swapping the ref 3 out for any other linestage for a long long time. And no, it has not been 6 months. My quest for a linestage has started in 2000 and will finally end only in one or two weeks when the creatures is fi... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Jthimothya, your intriguing words tell me that -- while CJ ACT 2 may not satisfy one of my basic requirements for a fully balanced device -- I should renew my efforts to audition it. Perhaps once my Ref 3 has settled down and is fully broken in, I... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Grant, while no piece of equipment will ever satisfy everyone, several of us truly enjoy the Ref 3. The least I can say is that it is certainly worth a thorough audition. . . or should it be an 'auscultation?'audition | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Oneobgin, I ordered my Ref 3 only in December. I am not surprised you thought I already had one in my system. After all I have been ranting about it since August; heard it in several dealerships; flew out to Aris Audio's open house in Salt Lake ju... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Thank you Agaffer, much appreciated. Your observations confirm my own guess about the sonic signature of the ACT 2. As I said. . . I am 'expecting'. A stork may be finally in the process of leaving the frozen Minnesota tundra with an ARC 3 baby bu... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 I understand perfectly Oneobgin, after all. . . I am 'pregnant with Ref 3' right now! Yet, as I have never heard the CJ ACT 2, I thought of asking you what the ACT 2's particular 'flavor' is, in your view. | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Oneobgin, what don't you like about the CJ Act 2? | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 No flaming from me Downunder. Just a pointer to my summary of the just published TAS review of the ARC Ref 3 at:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1123254379&openfrom&138&4#138 | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Good points JAFOx. I do also favor reviews where the number of variables are minimized. Yet, a comparison of the MBL with the ARC Ref 610 may have been a more valid one than the current with the Ref 210. They both represent a statement of the curr... | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? The Feb 2006 issue of TAS features a review of the ARC Ref 3 linestage and ARC Ref 210 mono blocks. The devices are compared to the much more expensive $19,000 MBL 6010 D pre- amp and $73,500 9011 monoblock amps. According to the reviewer, the MBL... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? And I wrote pooring instead of pouring on purpose, for the generically branded form of Brilliant little Pebbles being readily available for only penneys per pound at any self-respecting rock show, will perform their higher-dimensional magic for ev... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? It was actually the spectrum of a Dover Sole, which I grokked after irradiating it with 4th dimensional subtle frequencies emanating from my Machina Dinamica radionic clock. Unfortunately I found the darn sole not to have a soul, but only shreds o... |