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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
emergingsoul OP
1,312 posts
 
Big diff between Sony ps3 and better boxes for creating sound..

all about diminishing returns as audio gear gets higher, which trails off as human hearing declines when we get older.

sounds from high equip may be great, but our ability to hear can’t resolve a lot of these great sounds

many of us, older beyond 35, have hearing loss to a certain degree
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roxy54
8,202 posts
 
Gee, I never heard that before...
jperry
2,482 posts
 
roxy54 +1
facten
2,969 posts
 
So the question OP you should ask yourself is why trouble yourself with your questions about high end preamps when you apparently have no regard for them and therefore in making the purchase
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lalitk
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I just can’t wait to see what OP ends up with.....just read up his threads on digital servers, especially this one 😂

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/streamers-servers-players-woefully-overpriced

Do you see a pattern? What’s next, speakers or amp? 
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