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Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27?

The new LS 27 is coming to the dealers now. Called the Audio Research and they said the new LS 27 sounds better than the Ref 3 and very close to Ref 5. That is the reason why the listing price of the LS 27 is changed to around $7,000 so that it won’t affect the sales of the Ref 5 too much.

Have you heard the LS 27 and how do you like it?
yxlei
pubul57
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It is certainly the case that if they don't come out with new products they won't get reviewed and they might even fall of recommended component lists because they haven't been reviewed in so long. This is especially a problem when a ten or twenty year old design is every bit as good as anything made today. There may be some improvement in passive parts over time, maybe, perhaps, but I suspect the basic designs for amps and preamps have been part of the electrical engineer's "recipe" book for quite a while now.
ritmo
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I bought mine about 4 weeks ago. Still going through break in. So far, I'm extremely happy.

Very musical, very transparent, excellent soundstage, very nice image.

Associated components are the ARC DS450, Oppo 83se, Revel Salon 2, Kimber, Audioquest. On order Shunyata Black Mamba PC, IC and SC.
pubul57
3,712 posts
 
No question they make excellent line stages, they have been for a long time. An interesting A/B would be the all balanced LS5 versus anything before or after, I think it would hold up pretty well in comparisons (sound-wise, maybe not functionality and ergonomics)
palewin
58 posts
 
Ritmo: Since very little has been written about the ARC DS450, would you care to give us your thoughts about yours? Any specific comparisons to more traditional class A or A/B designs?
jafox
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An interesting A/B would be the all balanced LS5 versus anything before or after, I think it would hold up pretty well in comparisons (sound-wise, maybe not functionality and ergonomics)
Now this makes me smile. What a great idea indeed. An IEC, set of Valvo or Amperex PQ 6922 or 7308, update with some cheapo Dynamicaps, and it could be most interesting. 8-)
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