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| Dan D 'Agostino, Mark Levinson, Jim Thiel, I suppose you can add Steve Jobs in the list. | |
| B&W 800D vs 800 Diamond The D2 latest series has better upper and lower octaves. The midrange is basically the same. D2 piano black finish is the best looking 800 so far. | |
| Wilson MAXX II speakers- I would move the speakers a little backward, may be a foot or so, towards to the front wall. In general, this will add more punch on bass at the expense of shallower sound stage. | |
| Ethernet Cables I have just experimented my setup by replacing my two audioquest diamond ethernet cables with cheap stock cables. The cables run from by router to the NAS and the d/a processor. It is very certain in the first note that both upper and lower octave... | |
| New KT150 tubes? Wow! What we need now is a volunator to try KT150 on his ARC amp. Is anyone willing to do that? | |
| audiphile power cords The whole thing about power chord has been blown out of proportion. At the end of the day, it is all about supplying proper AC to your equipment. The problem starts from your home AC socket. The electricity coming out of it is more often than not ... | |
| Amplifier is now off the Power Conditioner My experience is tube power amp benefits with active power regenerator like PS Audio powerplants. Tube amp tends to draw roughly the same current during use, so quick draw of high current is not needed as AB mode solid state amp in dynamic blast.I... | |
| Best cheap speaker cables............again The best cheap speaker cable is the in-wall power cable in your house.Go to any electrical hardware store, buy 10 meters of in-wall copper power cord with single solid core, cut them into two pairs and you have a nice speaker cable.They will certa... | |
| New KT150 tubes? The new G series will use KT150 power tube. According to the usual ARC way of doing things, there sure be a way to upgrade existing amps to KT150. Fingers crossed. | |
| Not impressed It's a hobby, spend some money, kill some time.At the end of the day, are you happier? Do you enjoy the process and the result? If not, find something else to kill your time. | |
| Service from Audio Research True. ARC is really trying to help. It is the local distributor that is very slow in solving problem and not communicating with their client. | |
| Service from Audio Research The dealer has replaced both amps today. They are now running nice and sound. Glad that this has finally settled for now. | |
| Service from Audio Research Good point. I shall bring this up again with my dealer. The whole thing has spin out of proportion.What suppose to be an enjoyable purchase has turned into a real headache. Thanks to ARC.Happy listening. | |
| Service from Audio Research They have tested the amp for many days now and still hold the opinion that there is nothing wrong with the amp. I have told them to return the amp if they think it is good but they don't.After much negotiation, the dealer has agreed to replace one... | |
| Service from Audio Research The dealer has sent me a pair of Mark Levinson 436 to use at the moment, but they are nothing like the ARC Ref 250.I shall call them again tomorrow to demand a proper resolution within this week. |