Is Audio Research Corp alive and well?

in response to Kiwi's remark regarding the cd3IT'S SO GOOD THAT IT'S BACKORDERED FOR 3 WEEKS ,GIVE IT AN AUDITION!

the cd3 is very good
but it could have been better

ARC decided not to go with new upsampling for the machine

I've extensively demo'd a dac 3 and a cd2 against my EVS MIllenium II

no contest, the EVS 24/192 evs upsampler beats the ARC in every way and only cost $1050. tweakaudio.com
reviews at audioreview.com

arc missed the boat with no upsampling imho

I have owned ARC products since 1976/77 starting with the venerable D76A, followed by the D115 MKII and the VT 100 MKII. I have owned numerous preamps such as the SP6, SP9 MKI/II, the SP14, LS2B MKI/II and LS25 and PH2. I have dealt with ARC and Leonard on numerous occasions. The response and service have always been helpful, prompt and effective. I have never had a bad service experience with ARC. In fact, I had to ship my new VT100 MKII back to ARC for warranty repairs. Mr Gordon called me personally and sent me a hand written note. ARC shipped me a new amp overnight instead of repairing the previous amp.

I intend to continue using ARC gear as long as the company remains in business.

I have good information that ARC is solid and doing fine. The rumors that the company is for sale have circulated for about five years now. No doubt that if the right buyer came along and offered the right money, it could be bought.

In this economy no high end manufacturer is rolling in the bucks, but my guess is that ARC will be around for a good while unless there is something going on that is hidden, even from the employees.

Check this out.

http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/0402/01.audioresearch.shtml