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| ARC Phono Ref 2 SE - Dealer Demo Unit Worth Price? Cossinaro, I admit that I am not familiar with the Aesthetix Rhea. But I have been around the block quite a few times with ARC gear. IMO, there is a real synergy with ARC gear which I think augurs in favor of matching an ARC phono pre with your ve... | |
| ARC Phono Ref 2 SE - Dealer Demo Unit Worth Price? Tough call. On occasion, I recall seeing Ref Phono 2 SE preamps selling for about the same price as Ref 5 SE linestages, about $8K or so. If your dealer would drop the price to about $9k, I think the unit starts to look attractive, especially if i... | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE Tennisdoc, how big should a room be to take proper advantage for the 3.7s? | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Roscoe ... how are you making out with your DEQX? | |
| Linda Ronstadt can't sing anymore. Thanks for the memories Tubegroover. I own most of her recordings. What a cutie and boy .... could she belt out a song. | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE David ... I ask myself the same question. I have about 50 to 75 hours on my KT-150s. Yes ... they sound better than the KT-120s, but not good enough IMO to justify the cost of $100 per tube. I may be among the first group of schmucks to spring for... | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE P.S. Kal commented that the Ref 150 SE will make Maggie 3.7i speakers sound heavenly. | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE Spoke to Kal today. He told me it was ok to put KT-150s into the Ref 150. Hallelujah ... Moschiach has arrived. But wait ... there's more. The cost to upgrade the Ref 150 to the SE grade is $5000. Of course, that includes all new tubes --- KT-150s... | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE Tsushima1 .... I think it was you who said that the cost for a Ref 150 SE upgrade would be roughly $3000. If so, more than half the value would represents tubes ($1600, or 8 x $200/per tube). The other half ... who the heck knows. Kal said he did ... | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE Kal responded. ARC will be making a formal announcement within a month or two. The plan is to upgrade the ARC Ref 75, 150 and 250. Kal was a bit unclear what the changes will be other than the SE upgrades will include KT-150 tubes and misc circuit... | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE P.S.S. did a general web search. No information identified yet. | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE P.S. Just checked ARC's webs site and the ARCDB web site. So far, no mention of an SE version. Of course, the web sites might not be up to date. | |
| New Audio Research Reference 150 SE Sent a note to Kal for info. Waiting to hear back.I wonder how much better the SE version will sound. | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Ptss and Roscoe ... double agree. I've worked with Larry Owen, the DEXPert, on a couple of occasions setting up my PreMate. 3 hours "ain't nuthin." Larry knows all the tricks to get the most out of the DEQX. In for a penny ... in for a pound. | |
| Suggestions for arm to replace VPI 12.7 Stringreen, my VPI TT has a Classic 3 tone arm base and Classic 3 wand. I thought the 3D wand is a simple drop-in on the Classic 3 base. Do you think that is NOT the case?As to your comments about the Atlas and the Etna, as stated, my VPI Classic ... |