Audio research build quality is crap vs what it used to be ,the Ref stuff is very good
this is why they went bankrupt ,they are now owned by anew influx of owners and $$ they were living off their reputation way to long , McIntosh another abuser
inside parts quality leaves a lot to be desired ,great examples of what moderation can do to make them much better .
passlabs, Luxman and many others put much better parts quality in which gives you much more for your monies .having owned a Audiostore , and in Audio over 40 years .I look at the build quality now before buying anything ,I think others too hav3 the right to know .This too applies to Loudspeakers inside Rarely do you see the critical Xover parts quality ,Why because the vast majority use average parts at best ,many times capacitirs from China ,and ceramic resistors which IMO are crap
ho to humble homemade Hifi just to see capacitor ratings ,
