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ARC Research and Development

Posted by Bambi B (A) on June 16, 2009 at 14:25:28

In Reply to: RE: ARC Progress: Reference 5 line stage and the HD220 power amplifier posted by racerguy on June 16, 2009 at 13:06:35:

PHOTO: My "R&D department" 12.06- trying out three vintage tuners with an ARC LS3 and D130 in the office.

racerguy,

"Or maybe it's just that you haven't bothered to find out for yourself"

Despite being an ARC owner for 25 years and a consistent follower of their products, I do not have special access to ARC or their working methods. I did meet Mr. Johnson twice when he was in California, but have not had the pleasure of taking the factory tour.

I imagine that ARC is not any more or less secretive about their design and development, but they are not too forthcoming about it, since I hadn't heard or read much at all on the products they use to refine their own. My assumption is that the voicing is done with gear they feel is on the level likely to be attractive to the people that buy ARC stuff.

Now that you mention it, it makes sense they used Vandersteen speakers as well as Wilson. Vandersteens- which I've used with Audio Research stuff since 1985- and hear whenever I visit the Santa Monica, CA ARC dealer, Optimal Enchantment, seem to be such a good match. The Oracle IV/ CD7 > REF 3 > 610T > Vandersteen 5A system I heard was one of the best systems I've ever heard- and only about $100,000,..

But, I've never heard what sources and accessories are used in R&D, for example, what turntable, CD players, tuners,interconnects, speaker cables, etc. are around ARC for R&D. I imagine that now, since some products have a "video" input and there are the multi-channel modular amplifiers, they try out HT as well and possibly MP3 players, music servers, and etc.

Besides speakers, do you know what sources, wires, and etc. are tried out?

Corporate secrecy: Years ago, I had a tour of the then-new Robert Stern designed building at Disney, Burbank. And there was a large room in which dozens of hand-drawn sketches for "Hunchback of Notre Dame" were hung- not at all a secret. However, on the lower floor, in the centre of the building and with no windows was a large room with a single vault-like door with a key pad lock- the secret and forbidden computer animation department,..

Cheers,

Bambi B

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