Santa delivered something from Audio Research!
 

Merry Christmas to everyone here on AA.....special thanks to Jeff (Audiojem) who needed to find someone to adopt his Audio Research Reference Phono 3 this Christmas and I rose to the challenge. We wouldn't want to have an Audio Research piece not have a home for Christmas would we? I couldn't stand the thought. :banana: Anyway, I received it several days ago but have been pretty busy with kids (shopping for hamsters for a Christmas present seriously) and life and just got to unboxing it this morning.

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Hopefully I'll have some time tonight or definitely on Christmas day to fire it up and listen to some vinyl. In case anyone was looking for a present for themselves, I'll be posting my NM condition Reference Phono 2SE in the more rare black color soon, so check back soon.

- Buck

Congratulations, Buck!

Looks great, congrats, and Merry Christmas!

Buck.......The Audio Research Reference Phono 3 looks brand new. Looking forward to your comments once installed. Great Christmas present to yourself.

Way nice score Buck, congrats on a nice phone stage, amazing. jealous :)

Congratulations, Buck! I’m sure you’ll be enjoying many many hours of vinyl listening with that beauty.

Excellent Buck, kudos for stepping into the breach so that poor phonostage didn’t have to go homeless for Christmas. I’m sure you’ll be quite happy together.

Yeah, didn't want the poor guy to celebrate Christmas in a big nasty cardboard box! :D

- Buck

Congrats. What a great present!

Congrats!