Preliminary Review: ARC Reference 6 vs. VAC Renaissance V

[Mike]

Mike,
Not yet on the RCA/Tung-Sol 6550, but I look forward to the potential upgrade soon. I was disappointed to not find any on the tubeworld express site, which I thought would be an easy place to find a strong single. I'm already running the GE 6550 (I think late 70s? white label).

You got any opinions on the 1970s/80s 6H30 DR "super tubes" in the REF 6? Sourcing a good single for the power supply doesn't seem too bad, but sourcing a matched sextet for the amplification circuitry is a much tougher ask!

I think I'm going to stay quite happy with the combination of REF 6 preamp and Renaissance SE phono stage.

No opinions on this 6H30DR’s, other than I wish they weren’t so expensive and more readily available.


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[mulveling]

This is valuable info to have...Thanks. I don't play Megadeth ever or 3 Chord AC/DC monotonous rock too much BUT its good to know I can scratch VAC off the list of components to try for Rock N Roll. Please let me know what other Brands I can remove from the "audition" list because they cant rock out. You will save me a small fortune in experimentation!!

The separate Renaissance phono stage has the same beautiful midrange voicing, and can definitely rock out! I don't know how that works - but I wish it were the same deal for the line stage. And the ARC Ref 6 definitely rocks!