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best preamp ever - cost is no object I think this discussion is entertaining and that's about it! When it comes to audio there is never a best of anything. It's just a matter of opinion	141
Would you pay to listen? I live in Southern California and I have heard many expensive systems over the years. Most don't sound that great. I have been more Impressed with modest systems that were matched . . .	118
Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear WWW.Records what I said is not Bogus! Shelleys Stereo is a mid-fi store that carries Mcintosh. There other lines are Yamaha, Rotel, Adcom, Rega, Arcam, etc, etc. That is mid-fi as . . .	113
Amp more important than speakers? From my own experience I would rather own a 2000.00 pair of speakers with a 10k amp then the other way around. I am currently running a front-end setup including TT, phone-pre-pre . . .	105
Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27? Every model ARC puts out is always better than the previous model.(That's what my dealer says	92
Looking for a power conditioner/regenerator/filter I have also been on the power conditioner train. I have tried Ps audio, Equi-tech, Shunyata and Audience. None of them made my system any better. It didn't sound worse just not . . .	78
Anyone else receive low offers right away ? Lately I get worse than lowball offers. I get offers and then they never come through with the cash. It happened to me twice in the last 2 weeks. That pisses me off	73
Why is there so much Rowland gear for sale? People realize there is better sounding equipment out there	72
Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? Because they can	63
accuphase compare to mcintosh Accuphase gear is so overpriced not many can afford it. Mc gear Isn't cheap but it is within reason for an average joe that doesn't drive a fancy car or eat out in 100.00 plus . . .	63
Buy tubes from Audio Research or not Vt-100mkIII	63
Audio Research Reference 5 Preamp You have to hand it to ARC. They sure know how to extract cash from their clientele. They know that a certain percentage of there Ref-3 owners will trade up for the new model. I . . .	60
Good stores in LA 1.Acoustic Image in Studio City- Elliot works out of his home and he actually listens to music. He has a good ear and knows what sounds good. The only downfall is he is by . . .	57
How Many Audiophiles Have Do You Know? The only audiophiles I have ever met has been at Audio stores, club meetings or CES. I'm also a coin collector and it's the same scenario for that	48
Buy tubes from Audio Research or not I went to Upscale Audio website and they say they don't retube ARC vt-100's. That seems very strange to me	47
Audio Research Tube AMP Reliability I have owned a VT-100mk111 for 7 years and have retubed it once. I have never had any service issues with it. I also have a LS-25 and PH-5 and have never had any problems. The . . .	46
audio research REF 150 I hope they do come out with a new amp soon. That way I can buy a ref150 at 50% off. As soon as the Ref150 came out you could buy a Ref110 for 50% off	44
Whatever Happened To SAE? Whatever happened to Christopher Hansen in Beverly Hills? He had a beautiful store on Olympic Blvd	41
Do people buy MAC gear for the blue meters The funny thing is my friend has Mac gear from 1995 and now he wants to update all his gear to the newer stuff. I told him the face plate and meters haven't changed so why bother . . .	40
Does Mc Intosh make reference gear Rok2id, So what date is that exactly so I can celebrate it	39
How many watts per channel are enough? Zd 452, I agree with you. When I bought my speakers last year the guy was running a 40 watt tube amp on them. I could not believe 40 watts would power these speakers. They are a . . .	37
Inexpensive tweak And i thought i was nuts	35
Mc Intosh vs other brands J-stereo, I'm not a total hater. I have a mint Mr-78	27
Bryston Vs Classe For your application there is only one choice. BRYSTON	27
Grey amplifier Imports from Japan? Even though it is a super high end product It's still gray market because it came from unauthorized distribution	26
Removing power conditioner... I recently sold my Audience power conditioner and went with the Wire mold. Sounds better and cost 3000.00 less	26
Could they sell a high-end amp without the fancy I agree with Peter S. Music reference makes great stuff without the bling factor or the bling price	25
I heard Emotive bought Bob Carvers tube company A sad day in audio history	24
Brand Longevity That's the reason I never buy boutique brands. I'm always afraid they will go out of business and I won't recieve any service	24
Audio Research Contact. I really miss the days when Leonard was there. He would always take your call and help you out as much as he could.Now they have a machine picking up the phone and you need to . . .	22
How reliable are EAR amps Jeffb28451, Thanks for your feedback. I've heard stories about EAR in the past but I never had them verified. I also recently talked with the distributor and he seemed a bit aloof. . .	21
Vandersteen Amp? Even though you may see 200k systems on Audiogon it's not the norm. The average person probably has a 500-1000 stereo. It's the same thing if your on www.ferrarichat.com It seems . . .	20
i hear sim audio amps are unreliable My local dealer has been carrying Sim for 20 years. If it was not reliable he would not still be selling it	19
Boulder has full page ad in Du-pont registry Onhwy61, I just look at Audio Kharma for entertainment purposes. The same way people watch Jerry Springer. I'm actually pretty much on top of the luxury market. I have a monthly . . .	19
Anybody remember G.A.S. Where are you located	18
Raysonic gone belly up, is this a hoax? Read on... That's why I always say don't buy anything from China	17
Any experience with Arc ref75 driving magnepans Don C-55, I have to disagree with you about ARC tube amps. I have owned 2 of them for the past 15 years and all I have ever done is replace tubes	16
Which ARC reference component to upgrade? Audio Research thrives on customers like this. That's what keeps them in business. I'm not a hater I also own ARC gear	14
ARC LS-27 or ARC ref-3 I'm trying to get my local dealer to loan be an Ls-27. I might just take a shot and buy a Ref-3 here on Audiogon. I'm sure I can always get my cash back if I don't like it	14
Audio Research Ref 5 SE As soon as they have a Ref-6	11
ARC vs LFD The pre-amp tubes last 4000 hours and they only cost 120.00 so that is not a problem. The amp tubes are replaced every 2000 hours at a cost of 500.00. It would be nice to get away . . .	11
comments on Naim Audio I only have one experience with Naim. I recently auditioned some Harbeth speakers with a Naim Intergrated and a Naim CD player. I thought it sounded ok but then the guy switched to. . .	10
Mcintosh C28 VS C712 Modern Vs Classic Stanwal, Has a point. When I first got into audio at the age of 15 there were 2 Mac dealers in the Detroit area. When I visited them they would not give me the time of day. They . . .	10
Tubes for ARC VT100 Kevin Deal pulled the same crap on me 6 months ago. I called Music Reference in Santa Barbara and told him the story. I brought him my amp and he ran the tubes for half a day to . . .	10
Can anyone help me on Audio Research PH 3SE? The helicon is a very low output cartridge.Your PH3 should be used with a medium output cartridge.Your phono pre-amp does not have enough output for this cartridge. Did you put . . .	8
CJ ET250s or Pass Labs XA30.5 ---for Harbeth 7ES-3 If you want to play it safe use what the Harbeth dealers use. Leben, Naim, Lfd	7
Is Selling Direct Viable for Manufacturers? I think most of the well known companies could sell direct if they would offer the consumer the 40% discount they give to dealers. If they were trying to sell the product at full . . .	7
Amp suggestionsfor Wilson Watt Puppies/Sophia " It doesn't matter as long as it's overpriced" A Wilson owner is not going to run a cheap amp just like a Ferrari owner isn't going to buy his tires at Wal-Mart	6
ARC LS25 MkII vs. ARC Ref MkII?? I have listened to both,the improvement you get does not substaniate the cost.You would be better of putting your money in upgraded cables and Interconnects	5
Audio Research Ref Phono 10 comes in at $30k It won't be long before they have a pair of tube monoblocks at 120k a pair. VAC just came out with a Reference phono stage for 50k. The high-end companies are focusing on the super. . .	4
Best N.O.S. Tubes for Audio Research LS 25 MK1 Call audio research	3
kt120 tubes for audio research vt 100 mkIII I checked with Calvin at ARC. He told me not to do it	2