I'm in a preamp pickle: ARC Ref 1 VS CJ 17LS

11-28-14: Jmcgrogan2

"FWIW, I've owned CJ and ARC preamps, as well as VAC, Cary, BAT and a slew of SS preamps."

I know John but apparently you are still a knucklehead... :-) although I have always benefited from your advice....guess I am a knucklehead too.

Hey Jerry, you knucklehead, what Thiels are you running now? Still prefer the 3.6's, or have you swayed back to the 6's?

I see that your fellow Volunteers, Adam and Dennis, are both Mac crazy guys now too! LOL!

John I have the 6's back in you knucklehead, I have taken your advice and stopped switching out 200lb speakers on a whim!

You know what they say once you go Mac you never go back!

Close, but you got that one letter off.
It's actually once you go VAC you never go back. ;^)

The things I read on this forum are absolutely comical.

First of all, Jmrgrogan2, I guarantee you didn't look up the input impedance of his amp BEFORE I said anything. If you did, anyone knowledgeable about the 17LS would have still made the comment in case he decides to ever change his amp.

Secondly, if you find your ears bleeding with ARC and Nordost combinations, then I'm an super eager for a picture of this complete system setup and what source you were using.

Anybody who screws up an ARC + Nordost combination to where "your ears bleed" has no business giving advice on this forum...Sorry to be harsh, but the level of ridiculousness on this forum has to stop!