The Computer Audiophile Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 You can view the page at http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content.php?r=709-McIntosh-Group-Sardinia-Italy-2016 Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
tranz Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thanks for sharing. Not a bad summer trip! What a piece of art that new SF. They certainly have collected some quality audio brands! I do sometimes miss my old MC275. Link to comment
duxservit Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I hope Livio leaves the Mc alone. Let every eye ear negotiate for itself and trust no agent. (Shakespeare) The things that we love tell us what we are. (Aquinas) Link to comment
tsaett Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Nice typo, his name is Sircom, not Sitcom ? Consultant to Taiko Audio Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Coming next - Wadia $15 000 MP3 player.? Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Nice typo, his name is Sircom, not Sitcom Damn autocorrect :~) Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Coming next - Wadia $15 000 MP3 player.? I don't get it. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
Priaptor Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I have always been an Audio Research fan since my early days in this "hobby". I now have a REF10, replaced my REF250 with a REF75 and when the GS150 was first released my dealer/friend asked me if I would break it in. It never left my house. IMHO, the best amp ARC has ever made. Unfortunately, the first amps they shipped had some noisy transformers some of which failed, which mine did over a year later. I was worried their "old school" repair and turnaround and my worries were for nought. They paid for both pickup and return, by special delivery on a palette with replacement of the faulty transformer and all updates including replacing some caps and changing the front switches. It sounds better than ever. I am glad the takeover has left ARC intact and left to their old school way now with a design team (some don't like) from Italy. While I think the REF10 is an amazing piece, no ARC product has ever wowed me like their GS150 Link to comment
tranz Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Those ARC factory videos were fun. Would like to see the behind the scenes making of the SF16. Link to comment
Priaptor Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Those ARC factory videos were fun. Would like to see the behind the scenes making of the SF16. I agree. I was extremely impressed by those videos and quite frankly surprised. Warren really is the "ears" which I always thought was hype and the methodology which includes by "objective" and "subjective" evaluation was a lesson to those on that other thread. Those videos were incredibly refreshing and made me less "angry" when I had to send back my GS150. ARC has always been one of my favorite companies to deal with. Link to comment
Priaptor Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 What ARC videos? [video=youtube_share;a58bDqQQ-xY] [video=youtube_share;nvL9FNuPwkE] Link to comment
timtom Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 ?? Digital: 2010(!) Mac Mini Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz ; L2 Cache: 3 MB; Memory:8 GB > Roon > HQ Player (polysinc, NS9 upsampling PCM to 192 kHz) > Airport Extreme > Blue Jeans USB cable > Sonore MicroRendu (in NAA mode w/ Sonore DC-4 > LPS-1) > Benchmark HGC DAC2 > Naim Nait XS / Naim Flatcap XS > Naim Naic cables > Spendor A5s or Sennheiser HD600s. Link to comment
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