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The New Audio Research Reference 6
Bump; has anyone heard the 6? 
The New Audio Research Reference 6
Have Ref6's started shipping?  If so, any impressions? 
Bricasti M28 amps who owns then and thoughts?
I’m sure the M28s sound great, and I’d be curious to hear how they compare to other leading amps at their price point, e.g. Lamm, D’Agonstino, Pass, ... . 
Considering Bricasti and Lampizator
Anyone else happen to compare these two great DACs? 
Worth upgrading from Morrow MA4's?
This may be a silly question, but if Atmasphere designs really are impervious to cable quality, why would it be recommended to use a $200 cable? It seems like we should be using a $2 cable, and spending the other $198 on music, no? 
Worth upgrading from Morrow MA4's?
The cheaper cables like clear day, signal, art audio, Mogami neglex all prove my point.Springbok10, I must admit that the Clear Day Double Shotguns you sold me this week sound great :) If Clear Day made ICs, I'd want to try them.Almarg, the ICs I'... 
Sold in one day
I agree that $6000 is a good price. Even at that price, several other buyers had put in even lower offers, before I came along and offered full price. Lucky for me I guess :) 
Audio Research Reference DAC
I've never heard the DAC, but it seems to get less chatter around here than other brands (PS Audio, Bricasti, Lampizator, Berkeley). 
Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs?
Sabai, even if 8 units are full price, that's still 11 that aren't. Not a small number; I'd bet there are only a handful of products on Audiogon with 10+ units for sale.That said, my sense is that it's a great DAC for the price. If my budget were ... 
Recommend Class a Amp
My sense is that people think the JC1's are good, but less good than Pass monoblocks - and so they get overshadowed a bit. 
Sold in one day
I'm with Cerrot. If there is something I'm looking for, and it doesn't come up often - then if the price is reasonable, I just pay the asking price.A few months ago, a Ref 75 came up, which I'd been looking for for a few weeks. The price was $6000... 
Ref-75-SE delivered ...
One opinion: I feel ARC's product cycle, with a model update every ~3 years, is a good balance between moving forward and keeping a stable product line.Much better IMO than than Cary (flagship preamp now 10 years old), or Lampizator (tons of new m... 
Audio Research 75 SE
I actually found the KT-150s to be a huge step up in the Ref 75, particularly in the bottom end. Best money I ever spend in audio.That said, I'm also super curious to hear how the upgrades change things. 
Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC
I don't see anything wrong with saying one DAC is just plain better than another.For example, no one has qualms about saying the DirectStream is better than the PWD Mkii in absolutely every way, even though they're substantially different topologi... 
Audio Research 75 SE
I'm also interested in hearing how much of the upgrade comes from the tubes vs. the circuit changes (one obviously is much cheaper than the other).