Thanks for the thoughts guys. One thing of note with the LS36.5 is that because it's a dealer demo the price is well over the average used price that I see them sell for. It would seem that the "value" is in favor of the ARC @ 50% off its retail price before taxes. If I were to resell the LS36.5 I might stand to lose quite a bit whereas if I resold the LS27 I might not lose anything, but surely not much if I did.
Re: the comparison with the MW vs LS26, supposedly the LS27 is a big improvement and ARC claims it surpasses the Ref3 in every regard and sounds like a Ref5 "baby brother".
One thing I like about the MW is the potential to upgrade to the external PSU at a later date.
One thing I can't seem to find out is what type of volume control implementation the ARC uses, I know the MW uses a potentiometer which a lot of folks don't seem to like but none of the reviews I've read seem to complain about it.
It's a really tough decision for me... can't make up my mind!
Re: the comparison with the MW vs LS26, supposedly the LS27 is a big improvement and ARC claims it surpasses the Ref3 in every regard and sounds like a Ref5 "baby brother".
One thing I like about the MW is the potential to upgrade to the external PSU at a later date.
One thing I can't seem to find out is what type of volume control implementation the ARC uses, I know the MW uses a potentiometer which a lot of folks don't seem to like but none of the reviews I've read seem to complain about it.
It's a really tough decision for me... can't make up my mind!