ARC announces new Ref 3SE Phono and upgrade path
 

ARC announced their new Ref 3SE Phono, an upgrade from the Ref 3 Phono. As with their Ref 6SE linestage, current Ref 3 Phono owners will be able to upgrade to the Ref 3SE Phono for $3,000 which will also be the increase in price for the new SE series ($14K to $17K).

https://audioresearch.com/product/reference-phono-3/

Predictable.

I said this as soon as I purchased my Ref 3 from a fellow forum member......I told Marc (2fastdriving)....."you know the SE will be out in a couple of months". Sure enough....but at least there's an upgrade path I suppose.

- Buck

Well they announced the ref6se upgrades back in December and they still aren't able to do them. I'm told that I am at the top of the list. It's OK, I'm not in a hurry to spend 3k.

I am envious of you guys in the US.

In Australia, we are charged 12% more and that excludes labor. Worse, it is locally fitted which means we won't get Warren Gehl to do the final listening tests.

ARC has innovation in this industry down to a science. Fill that pipeline!

A dealer told me that tariffs and slow production(?Corona) in foreign factories,is causing high demand on USA electronic parts/capacitors as made by AR; creating a backlog, not sure if this is true .
I called them last week and i was told i might be informed in April to send my ref 6 for upgrade with only 233 hours on it.
sami