Joe buddy i look to you for inspiration for always reaching up, never giving up, forever trading up!
Wow Darrin! I never new I inspired so much. Thanks!
Joe buddy i look to you for inspiration for always reaching up, never giving up, forever trading up!
This will be an awesome shoot out. I am excited to read about it. Darrin, you are so lucky to live in a great part of the country. Have fun!
Plus there's Jonathan Tinn at Blue Light Audio in Portland. Always puts together a great sounding room at shows.
This is really exciting. I'm hoping that when we get the REF 10 in for review, that maybe Darrin can be persuaded to drop by to geek out with the REF 40. I've got a REF 5SE here and have just purchased a mint SP-11, so we can do a little bit of comparison between ARC flagships, new and old.
Hi Cyrill - i was able to get a low hour ARC ref 40 thru a trusted dealer. Absolute mint condition, not even fingerprints on the plexiglass and perfectly packaged as new. For me better than new since burn in is less of a chore. Constellation Centaur arrives Tuesday. Was/am able to insert a Hegel H30 into the comparison as well. VAC 450S is sounding awfully good paired with Ref40. HEGEL is nipping at heels of ARC and VAC though but loses out in texture and holographic realism.
Welcome to Audioshark Francisco!
Really curious to know about the matching between the Centaur and the REF40. I have tried many solid state amplifiers with the REF40 - the DartZeel was the best match I could find until now, but the REF150 or the REF250's were until now the real winners by a reasonable margin. However I have listened to the Centaur/Virgo pair playing much better than what a high power SS amplifier is supposed to play!
This is really exciting. I'm hoping that when we get the REF 10 in for review, that maybe Darrin can be persuaded to drop by to geek out with the REF 40. I've got a REF 5SE here and have just purchased a mint SP-11, so we can do a little bit of comparison between ARC flagships, new and old.
Darrin, now this has me jealous, what a day that would be & a lot of mileage for Jeff too. It's really great to read of the journey that we are all on here & yours has certainly peaked my interest.