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| Lyra Delos or Helicon versus Soundsmith Zephyr Since posting this thread, I bought the Lyra Delos and then moved up to the Kleos. Ain't no comparison. The Kleos is the best. | |
| ARC Galileo GSPre vs ARC Reference 5 SE ? .... Joe ... I happen to believe that what you are proffering about the KT-150 tube is correct. But again, maybe I blinked, but after re-reading the HI FI News review article, I still did not see where **Warren Gehl** or **Ward Fiebiger** expressly sai... | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers George .... IMO, audio is about compromises. I just bought a DEQX PreMate to correct room effects and improve my speakers time coherence. The device is inserted between my linestage and amp. I am **NOT** happy about inserting any artifact into the... | |
| ARC Galileo GSPre vs ARC Reference 5 SE ? .... Joe ... then why the big secret and ARC's misrepresentations? Just to lock the market on KT-150 tubes. What document are you talking about? How did you come to see such a document? My guess is that the GS-150 is a Ref 150 in a new skin. The only d... | |
| ARC Galileo GSPre vs ARC Reference 5 SE ? .... Joe ... must have blinked. Who if the source of that post? The author said he was advised in writing about the "ok'ness" of the KT-150s for use in the current Ref amps. Has that approval been posted somewhere and sourced back to ARC? Ordinarily, I... | |
| Service from Audio Research Stephanovitch ... I have no information about ARC's finances and cannot validate or dispute anything you just posted. All I can say is that I hope you are misinformed. When I was a young'in back in the 70s, ARC stood for something ... uncompromise... | |
| ARC Galileo GSPre vs ARC Reference 5 SE ? .... Ditto to above. Looking forward to reading some comments about how the GS series compares to the Ref 5 SE and Ref 150. I took another look at the ARC website to read the marketing descriptions of the GS-150 and the Ref 150. The Ref 150 description... | |
| Krell Restoration Agree with posts above that major overhaul be done by the factory. I own ARC gear and use a local ARC authorized tech only for basic soldiering type repairs (e.g., replacing burned bias resisters). But ... if something was really wrong with any of... | |
| Beryllium Tweeters @Tubegroover ... I agree and said pretty much the same above. Some of the source material is simply horrible and a good system may reveal those deficiencies as tonal harshness. As I said above, I'm pretty sure my rig is capable of generating a rea... | |
| Beryllium Tweeters I own Paradigm Signature 8s (v3). Yes ... they can sound bright, but I wonder how much is the fault of the source material. I say this because my new "tweak," a DEQX PreMATE tamed my S8s. They are now more time coherent and room EQ'd. Even still, ... | |
| Audio Research GS150 Musings Jasper, I'd appreciate Al's thoughts, but looking at the impedance graph of the ML's, they look like a giant capacitor. Notably, in the all critical power region (50 to 750Hz), impedance is quite high. The graph is hard to read, but it looks like ... | |
| Audio Research GS150 Musings P.S. Correction to my post to Jasper. What I should have said is that the output voltage variation (not power) is tightest off the 4 ohm tap and therefore the amp performs more solid state like ... that is like a constant voltage source. This corr... | |
| Audio Research GS150 Musings Gpgr4blu ... couldn't agree more. We may be recycling the same inside news from the same person that the GS line is targeted for the Chinese/Asian market, but I heard that bit of information too. I still find it hard to understand ARC's pricing/va... | |
| Audio Research GS150 Musings Jasper,What does the impedance curve of the ML CLX look like, especially in the critical power range (50 to 750 Hz)? The 16 ohm tap has the highest output impedance of the 3 taps. As a result, if there is an impedance "bump" at a certain frequency... | |
| Audio Research GS150 Musings Thanks Gpgr4blu .... then why the huge price increase in the GS-150? Where's the value? Is ARC asking its loyal customers to pay for just aesthetic and silly meters? If so, William Z Johnson is rolling. I hope that ARC publishes a tech explanation... |