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| What Are You Powering Your Focal Utopias With? @jjue Thanks. Looks like a mighty fine integrated. Anything it does better than another? | |
| Focal Scala Utopia vs Wilson Sasha? I know I'm very late to this party/thread, but have to jump in. I appreciate everyone's efforts in trying to explain their different experiences and opinions with these two great speakers. It has helped me. I just sold my Sashas (had them for ~18... | |
| Upgrade Quandary: Ref 75SE vs Ref 150 (non SE) It is definitely always changing, and you cannot really tell what one tweak in one system will result in in another system. Things are not linear. More listening today. Short story: I'll be keeping the 150SE. I'll be giving up the nth degree of... | |
| Upgrade Quandary: Ref 75SE vs Ref 150 (non SE) Update:I received the Ref 150SE, dropped it in, and was not initially blown away. It has ~600 original hours. It has always been an SE. I let it play for about 10 hours, still wasn't taken by it. I put the Ref 75 (non SE) back in. It sounded sw... | |
| Upgrade Quandary: Ref 75SE vs Ref 150 (non SE) So, with the returning of the Ref75SE, I'm considering a Ref 150 SE that is for sale here/now. Has anyone compared the Ref75 to the 150SE? When I A/B compared in my system the Ref75 and the non SE Ref150, I fell more for the sweetness and emotio... | |
| Upgrade Quandary: Ref 75SE vs Ref 150 (non SE) It continues. I had to return the Ref 75SE (by the way the customer service from The Music Room who I purchased it from here on A'gon is awesome). It had at least a fried resistor when I received it. They made it right w/ prompt and full refund. | |
| KT150s in Audio Research Reference 75 (non SE) By the way. I dropped a set of Audio Research sourced KT150s, no problem, they biased w/ ease. | |
| Upgrade Quandary: Ref 75SE vs Ref 150 (non SE) @david_ten i don't know yet. The 75se arrived with some damage. I've returned it to the store to have their tech look at it. The left channel wasn't working. I hope to have it back soon. Hoping it's simple and doesn't require a refund. When I g... | |
| Upgrade Quandary: Ref 75SE vs Ref 150 (non SE) Checking back in on this. I listened to the Ref 150 for quite a while. Just sold it on here. It is a VERY nice amp, but to me the sweetness of the 75 it can't match. It beats the 75 in soundstage depth, grip, venue/ambiance, and pace. But to my ... | |
| KT150s in Audio Research Reference 75 (non SE) I just purchased a Ref 75 SE. Should have it Friday. I will be selling my Ref 75 ( w kt120s) here soon. Thanks all. | |
| KT150s in Audio Research Reference 75 (non SE) @gpgr4blu I really appreciate all the information. I believe everyone, so it's a bit perplexing. In the end, they simply won't bias in my Ref 75. I did get them matched for the Ref 75SE from TheTubeStore. They all have stickers that say perfect... | |
| KT150s in Audio Research Reference 75 (non SE) Im just going to hold off and upgrade to SE first.Thanks all! | |
| KT150s in Audio Research Reference 75 (non SE) Minorl. When did you contact ARC? I know they said that at first (2014/15) | |
| KT150s in Audio Research Reference 75 (non SE) Thanks very much for the reply. Interesting. I read several posts here where people had great success and were just dropping them in. Some said they didn't even have to adjust bias. | |
| KT150s in Audio Research Reference 75 (non SE) I put the KT120s back in, and they were indeed set all the way down... way below the window. Put the KT150s in again, still set bias screw all the way down, and they climbed to the same beyond-the bias marks. Just searched the manuals, and both ... |