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In Reply to: I Don't Get This Review At All posted by Karma16 on July 17, 2012 at 06:36:59:
here's the thing:
the ARC can be / is dynamic, resolving, fast, neutral etc. but it depends on your POV. my comments are relative to other SOTA preamps, which possess more of those attributes than the ARC does. if you compare the ARC to crappy preamps, your observations stand. if you compare the ARC to the creme de la creme (edge, einstein, ypsilon, SMC VRE, and others i can't recall at present), where i articulate its weaknesses is where it falls short. otherwise, why would they ever need to upgrade, as it'd be perfect, which no audio component is.
what good would it do any reader considering this product to not understand its weaknesses in advance? i'm just articulating them. i know the weaknesses with my boulder, my rockports, my digital (though the esoteric really approaches perfect, as does my buddy's ypsilon), and my cables / power / room. and i just told everyone what the weaknesses are with the ARC.
(which is why the factory can wring incremental improvements out of it)
owners need to understand that, like parents, sometimes their baby is a bit ugly. sorry to break it to you folks, but more objectivity in this hobby would help---both at new release dates (when everyone gushes) and ex-post (when everyone ditches it).
anyone who owned a SET or played with a SET will understand my comments.
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Follow Ups
- RE: I Don't Get This Review At All - rhyno 07/17/1219:21:59 07/17/12 (2)
- RE: I Don't Get This Review At All - Karma16 19:33:57 07/17/12 (1)
- my system is defective - rhyno 20:33:31 07/17/12 (0)
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