Audio Research equipment for sale.

I have a list of equipment I aspire to.

On it I added an Audio Research piece owned by Arnold Nudell.

I took note of it; after all, it was chosen by the man himself for his personal system.

A few years later I watched a video: Arnold Nudell was touting the new amp by PS Audio, tube input stage, solid state output stage, designed by Bascom King.

He loved it and believed it outdid his Audio Research amp.

A comment he made always stuck in my mind.

I paraphrase: he said, ‘And I was getting tired of spending $1500 every 6 or 9 months on new tubes.’

Then it struck me, a new perspective on audio: there’s the equipment that the owners of multi-million dollar audio corporations own, and then there’s my world.

Maybe you have a defective search engine.  Or bad typing skills.

I have no experience with AR equipment but I can tell you my PS Audio BHK 250 amp and BHK Signature Preamp sound amazing to my ears.

Some very "wishful" prices listed here for used gear.  I especially enjoy the SP-3 listings...some say A-1, some do not.  First of all, they were $595 when I started selling them.  They went to $695 and then $795 (A-1 version).  What many do not know is that we dealers were sent kits to upgrade the SP-3 units in stock to A-1 levels.  I did this at my desk with a soldering iron.  I think the kit was free to us, and it consisted of about 6-7 parts as I remember (someone can let me know if I remember correctly--it was 1974-5, so a LONG time ago).

The funny thing is that the prices asked for some of these are higher than newer and, frankly, better ARC pre-amps--specifically the two-chassis models and some of the newer Reference Series models.

Obviously, as a seller, you can ask any price you wish for an item.  Wise buyers will recognize the silly price and choose another item.

Personally, I still use an SP-6B and would love to find a good D-150 I could afford!  

I see a number of EC-21 crossovers, which I searched for over the years and finally found one.  Funny!  Also enjoyed the many "AR" cone speakers listed.  Whatever...

Many of these are from overseas, thus are not compatible with US power unless converted.  I have no idea how that works, but I am sure others do.

Maybe people are worried about ARC going out of business and their equipment losing value.