Audio Research REF 6 Preamp

In December I heard the ARC Ref 6 in a friend's system. He had it paired with a Hegel H30 and Revel Salon 2's. I concur with Ken and had the same general impression. Hope this helps


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The ARC REF 6 is a tremendous preamp. It replaced an ARC REF 5SE in a system I'm very familiar with. While the REF 5SE produced outstanding sound, replacing it with the REF 6 brought the system to an entirely different/higher level, in my opinion. More dimension, better dynamics and lower noise floor. I've not auditioned the REF 10 yet but I would bet the REF 6 gets you in the ballpark. Really amazing.

Ken
 
I hook mine up this weekend along with some other new gear. Just spent the week in Bend listening to my second system with a new SRA Ohio class stand under my amg v12 table.
 
The REF6 preamp absolutely kicks ass with the Aesthetix Atlas monoblocks, which utilize one 6SN7 tube per channel for all the voltage gain and all solid state for the output stage. I bet it would sound great with most solid state amps that have a high enough input impedance. I was truly impressed with the REF6.

Ken
 
La Dolce Vita said:
Thinking of picking one up to use with my H30...

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Hegel H30 Balanced Input Impedance = 20,000 Ohms

ARC REF6 Balanced Output Impedance = 600 Ohms

20,000 / 600 = 33.3X (Should be at least 10X greater)

Should be good from an impedance perspective. I bet it will sound great too. You should give one a whirl in your system.

Ken
 
I just got and installed my REF6 half an hour ago! The rest are ARC GS150, EAR/Yoshino CD player, Wilson SashaII, All cables from Furutech Flex line, I liked to upload their pictures but can't do that because although I choose picture file but it doesn't give me option to upload it or the upload button does not response; pity!
 
I will get the Reference 6 on coming weekend. :yahoo1:Used and have only 100 hrs. on it. It will be first Audio Research product for me. It will be drive my Pass XA 160.5. I hoop it will be good synergy. No listening session first ( no dealer have then here) ;-/ I hope it will improve my Pass XP20 in some Tube- sweetness / more organic sound.

Does anybody knows how long will it take to break in ? According some sites 300 hrs. or 600+ hrs. :?
And have somebody data how big in uF – capacity are those gold capacitors ?
 
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