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Do have anyone to purchase Audio Research REF 75SE in 2021?

Ref 75se has go off from their official website,and they are replaced by REF 80S. As  I do not have any  experience of 80S and I get some knowledge of pass labs online and how good it is,then  go listening  x250 and xp10. The listening  feeling I got is just water,pure water and lack of texture of the sound. so I go back Audio research and buy ref 75se instead. 
Am I made the right choice?
Is that the good time to buy this discontinued products?
Why in my listening, Audio research Ref 75se is much much better then X250? As I feel the singer is just standing  in front of me when we run Ref 75se.
I welcome any comments. As I think pass lab is a good SS Amp if we do not compared with Audio reserach Ref 75se.
Is it unfair to compare tube and SS Amp?

runwell

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runwell OP
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@phastm3  I do not know what is your pre amplifier. If the pre is tube pre,you should always looking for tube power amplifier.

All in one,I do not think anyone can get very good result for tube pre and SS power.

Some one might say the sound is ok with tube pre and SS power, they just do not have side by side compare.  It is my experience.

 

runwell OP
279 posts
 

By the way SS pre plus tube power is also a good setup.

I can not tell you the internal theory,but it is the  fact.

And a lot of people waste the money on it.

runwell OP
279 posts
 

@swede58 Ss pre plus SS  power are good setup,as pass lab is  actually a good amplifier. What I mentioned is that  we should not coupled tube pre with SS power.

    Happy listening.

 

runwell OP
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@pwhinson  good setup for you. As long as you are enjoying the listening,you need not upgrade to something else. Audio research the company will not stop their pace,so we are looking to get more refined amplifiers in the coming days.In fact, the  step and step followers did  pay much more they should, although their direction is right.

runwell OP
279 posts
 
Great reply. Thanks! I  highly agree.

runwell OP
279 posts
 

Traditional tube sound is slow,that why a lot of people do not love tube sound,as slow sound can NOT make symphony music good,for the vocal is ok but still not accurate.

You know a lot of Audio Research sound,their sound is not that taste,They are NOT traditional tube sound. Traditional tube sound in my opinion is not a good sound. 

Some people think ARC sound is a sublime of the sound for most of SS amplifier,so as me. 

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