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Seriously? Why Buy ARC Ref 6SE? seems Benchmark LA4 is a better choice.

And costs only a few grand vs soooo much more for a ref 6se preamp.  Benchmark LA4 Does HT bypass very easily.  
I am at a profound loss.  what the heck is going on inside the Ref 6se box.  What the heck does it all do? 
6se is very pretty but Benchmark LA4 also looks nice. And the McIntosh c1100 preamp is also very pretty.  Frankly, what justifies buying a preamp at such a high price?? It is supposed to be a neutral pass thru of a signal.
emergingsoul
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richdirector
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This is such a rubbish troll post... Ranty OP and responses 
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clearthinker
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Is it a 'neutral pass thru' of the signal or not.
This is the first question.  It needs answering before all the others.
Because if it is, then we don't need pre-amps.
Or all the discussion about them.
kren0006
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YY which speakers??
tk21
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My streamer/DAC (a Matrix Element X) has volume control and input selection. I don't use a dedicated preamp between it and my power amp (a Benchmark AHB2).  So I'm reading this thread from that perspective.  If a good preamp is a "neutral pass thru", why bother to add one at all?

douglas_schroeder
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Talk never made a component sound better.   
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