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The great TAS and Audio Research.. Why St'phile is not so hot on ARC

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In Reply to: RE: S'phile Recommended Components & Audio Research posted by palewin on March 16, 2012 at 07:18:04

From day one The Absolute Sound praised Audio Research products.
In fact the reviews in TAS MADE ARC famous and prosperous.
(Back in the day when a single review could make OR break a company.
Clearly TAS and ARC slept together... As ARC loaned stuff to TAS for eternities, and were great with those other Minnesota guys, Magnepan.
So all in all TAS has always been close as bugs in a rug with ARC and magnepan.
And Stereophile has kept a big distance. Perhaps not to conflict with TAS, or maybe why would the companies take a chance on Stereophile, when TAS gushes so freely over the products?

PS I AM a BIG FAN of Magnepan, and Audio Research. And I own some of both companies products.

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Also - josh358 17:15:34 03/18/12 (0)
There are lots of Magnepan reviews in the Stereophile archives. It's only the 3.7's that Magnepan hasn't submitted for a full review, according to JA because Wendell is concerned that the measurements would reveal proprietary information. (Not sure about the 1.7's, IIRC JA said a while back that a review would be forthcoming but it never was.)
You're too young to remember .. - Dave Pogue 05:52:32 03/18/12 (1)
... but after Harry Pearson blasted ARC for its first solid-state products, ARC refused to send ANY gear to TAS for a long time. They eventually made up, but it was hardly a love fest from "day one."
- Nah Not too young, just too forgetful! Yeah, first SS ARC sucked.. I do like my PH-2 though - Elizabeth 14:23:12 03/18/12 (0)
  The Audio Research all balanced phono box the PH-2 never did get a review.
  $2,400. list and i picked up used for $700. Good deal if the PH-2 is put on a great powerline conditioner. Same for the Solid state Sp-15.. (just phono section tubed) The Sp-15 kills the Sp-10 IF the Sp-15 is on a good powerline conditioner. (I sold an SP-10, got my money back out of it AND enough to pay for the Sp-15.. Life was grand then. IMO that SP-10 may have needed better tubes, but the Sp-15 just destroyed the SP-10..Folks buying the Sp-10 at inflated prices? sorry they are being duped by legend and word of mouth. I had them both side by side... All IMO of course.)
  Anyway.. yeah. But those little quibbles.. And it was still when reviews could break a company.
"...ARC loaned stuff to TAS for eternities..." - plantsman 18:04:27 03/17/12 (1)
Not necessarily willingly.
- LOL... Harry: "You can have it back when you pry it out of my cold dead fingers.." - Elizabeth 14:24:59 03/18/12 (0)
  Yeah, if they loaned me a 40th anniversary Preamp... They would have to send a hitman to get it back...

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