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| Audio Research DS 450 amp......thoughts "I don't bash DS450 in particular. I bash the principle of class D amplifiers in general."I'm not sure how anyone can make a statement like that seriously. Everyone is entitled to say whether or not they like a particular amplifier. But to claim t... | |
| ARC SP8 as Phono Stage To quote Dr. Frankenstein, "Its alive!" The LS17 arrived today, and I have just spent several hours enjoying it. I connected the LS17 to my 150.2 amp using Mogami Studio Gold mic cables for the balanced connection, in order to get the full 18 db o... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? Mapman, Tommy: I was not trying to create an opposition between listening to live music and listening to audio. Nor was I arguing against detail, "air," sound staging, or any of the other terms we use when evaluating an audio system. But what I wa... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? Just wanted to say how much I appreciated (and agree with) Dob's extended explanation of what he is looking for in music and in audio technology. I'm off to listen to Itzhak Perlman this evening, and I certainly hope I don't find myself analyzing ... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? Sam, you're welcome. Hope I didn't come across as some kind of "ARC know-it-all", merely that since I use a 150.2 with my Maggies, I have a vested interested in ARC's "Class D" amps! I'm also consistent with many of the other posters in this threa... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? Just a clarification to a note posted above. ARC's class D amps were the 150.2 and 300.2, both using Triamp modules, which went into production in 2004 and were discontinued when Triamp went out of business in 2007 (the 300.2 is not the same as th... | |
| Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27? Ritmo: Since very little has been written about the ARC DS450, would you care to give us your thoughts about yours? Any specific comparisons to more traditional class A or A/B designs? | |
| ARC SP-8 to SP-17? Lostbears: Thanks for the quick reply! To get one idea "off the table," I eliminated borrowing a newer pre amp (SP17 or LS17) from my dealer, or taking my SP8 in to the dealer, because my objective would be to buy the component used (after all, th... | |
| Which ARC pre-amp with ARC 150.2? I use a re-furbed ARC SP-8 with my 150.2 and Maggies, works great. I like the SP-series ARCs because they include a phono stage for my vinyl. But with the older ARCs you have to consider getting them serviced, since the caps and tubes are probably... | |
| Do you leave your components on 24/7? As was pointed out above, the answer is component specific. My ARC 150.2 SS amp is designed to be left on 24/7, and in fact ARC comments that if turned off, it can take up to a week to get back to full "musicality" once it is turned back on. My CD... | |
| Pass or ARC Integrated for Maggie 1.7's Just to correct an earlier post, the ARC DSi200 is their newest switching amp in integrated form, it is not a tube unit. The only review I have found so far likes it very much. I'm not sure how much difference in "loudness" you will find between t... | |
| Rowland 625 versus Audio Research DS450 Seems no one has pointed out a basic answer to the original poster's question about missing bass and the ARC/Maggie combination. Maggies are "bass light" which is why most Maggie users have ongoing discussions about whether or not to try and add a... | |
| Spectron amp isolation Hate to second guess the OP, but I believe he was asking about RF isolation (which is often a problem with class D amps, such as my own ARC 150.2), not physical isolation. The typical symptom is that you get a lot of noise if you have a tuner anyw... | |
| long term components ARC SP-8 purchased 1982 (refurbished by ARC in 2009), Linn Sondek LP12 purchased during an expat assignment in the UK, 1978. | |
| What amp would you suggest for Magnepan MG12s Recommend you take a look at the Planar Speaker forum over on Audio Asylum, here ; the server is down today (Monday 1/4) but hopefully will be back soon. The vast consensus in that forum is for a solid state amp which can deliver high current (ty... |