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Mark Levinson 326S or Audio Research Ref 3 ?

I have a Threshold Fet 9 preamp which I want to change. I bought this one years ago and choose it because I thought it would temperate a little bit the energy of my power amplifier an OCM 200 which is very fast and almost a little bit agressive sometimes. (Londspeakers are Infinity Renaissance 90).

Now I want to upgrade my preamp and I was thinking at the M.L. 326s or the A.R. ref 3 ... what would you advice?

Thanks for your help.

Regards
clavil
clavil OP
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thank you everybody, I have definitively to try the Capri ... amazing review from Guidocorona who owns an A.R. ref 3 !!

it would be perfect to have the ML, AR and the Capri together to compare them directly on my system, but this is of course impossible
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philjolet
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The Absolute Sound magazine has reviewed the Ref 3 and says it is among the best pre amp ever made. I do not think there is any doubt of this...
dcstep
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07-06-08: Philjolet said:
"The Absolute Sound magazine has reviewed the Ref 3 and says it is among the best pre amp ever made. I do not think there is any doubt of this..."

I believe that GuidoCorona writes for TAS and owns a Ref 3, so you'd put a lot of stock in his review of the Rowland Capri.

Dave
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philjolet
2,306 posts
 
please pardon my ignorance... you guys have it covered...

:^)
missioncoonery
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My vote is AR ref3..although I dont own either,have listened to both..IMO ,Levinson products have never sounded musical so thats a no brainer 4 me
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