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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
facten
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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? 
emergingsoul OP
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And I don’t like listening to music very much.

waiting to hear something of value about high end preamps.  Very thin.

lots of marketing hype 
jperry
2,445 posts
 

“waiting to hear something of value about high end preamps”

In order to hear (as in listening with your ears) something of value, you have to actually listen to equipment and not read/troll message boards.

If you can’t hear the “diffs” then just buy whatever and move along.

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arafiq
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Paul @ PS Audio has a great explanation of why pre-amps are important, but also why it costs so much to create a pre-amp that does not add or subtract ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isQ48qn1CK8

In case, audiogon removes the link, you can go to youtube and search for the title 'Does anyone need a preamp?' by PS Audio.
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