Need to learn about Audio Research

Thanks.

I have decided SS will be the way to go.

A friend is going to loan me a parasound A21 soon.

Had Bryson in the past and didn't think they sounded that good. 

Class D is attractive, but of the ones I've heard were thin and edgy. Might try the PS Audio M1200 as they have a tube input stage.

What are you thinking for a preamp? I like a tube preamp with a solid state amp. 

Me too.

I guess I didn't mention my current amp, which is a Hegel H390 integrated. It's very good, but I'm missing a bit of that tube magic.

@bdp24   Living in Palm Desert pretty much guarantees that you will be using AC during the summer months. When you add a tube amp like you owned with that many tubes, you will be running AC full bore. Not what i want to hear ( or feel) in my listening room.

Audio Research (AR) was really the main brand to originally be used for Demo's of the Magneplaner's. AR and Magnepan had a collaboration when they first started selling their speakers. I remember going to audio shops back in the 70's and those 2 brands were always together and sounded magnificent. I think AR is an excellent brand but not necessarily the best value for the money as they are very expensive. You can still get excellent sound with other brands for your 3.7i much cheaper.