thougts on arc ref1--please advise

Mike, I know of an ARC dealer who refused to give up his/her own LS5 Mk. 3 for a long time. . . past the Ref 1, past the Ref 2 Mk. 1. And only sold it when the Ref 2 Mk. 2 became available, and even then the difference was apparently not earthshattering. I havent heard the LS5 myself, yet everything seems to point to the fact that you would be highly unlikely to become unhappy with an LS5. Elsewhere on Audiogone there is a thread that discusses the sonic differences between Mk. 1, 2, and 3 of this model. Only caveat: LS5 is PURELY a symmetric balanced implementation. . . No RCA, none, zippo, nema, niente, nie, Keinen, aucun!

So, Guido.....

Are you saying that the LS 5 can't do RCA connections?

;-)

paul

As far as I know, and I have spoken to Leonard at ARC just last week, that is correct. LS5 is symmetrically balanced and has only XLR connectors. You can probably use RCA through XLR2RCA converters. . . and YMMV., caveat emptor, we make no explicit nor implied warranties of fitness nor merchantability for this nor any other applications, offer not available in Iowa, external use only, keep refrigerated, etc. . .

thanks everyone for the help....really appreciate it...

btw, xlr only is preferred