Audphile, I thought you might be hanging in there to see if I came around to the ARC in the end, well after researching further (think RIDICULOUS hours on Audiogon and the net), it's clear from Audiophiles in the know that the ARC LS26 is the best all round pre for what I want to achieve in my system. Great quality, reliability, fully balanced, adjustable gain, incredibly accuracy, phenominal soundstage, lots of "air" around instruments, sparkling highs..yes, the Cary or even a CJ could give me more of a lush sound, but if I could transport myself back in time to 1993 and sit down for a coffee with Arnie Nudel and Cary Christie & talk about the Rens, I have a strong sense they would be talking up ARC because of it's natural synergy with Infinity. With the LS26, there is a perfect alignment of stars..
Line Stage battle: ARC LS26 vs Aesthetix Calypso
Dear Members, This is my first post on Audiogon & I would like to thank Audiogon and it's members for a fantastic community of dedicated fans of high end audio. For my first post, I thought I'd pick two exceptional line stage pre-amps costing roughly the same, yet created along very different design philosophies and pose the question - In a no-holds barred cage match between the two, which pre comes out the winner?
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- 12 posts total