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Originally Posted by SteveK
I believe I know exactly what you are talking about. I love Krell sound because of its ability to carve out each instrument in its own space. There is no smearing of sounds together. Because of that, it can sounds analytical to some people.
ARC seems to have good balance of both detail and musicality.
Phantom or 202 may be more "accurate" and neutral, which may (or may not) come across as less musical for my taste.
Thank you for your input. I may buy the Phantom and do AB compare with REF5SE and sell either one afterwards  Hardest job will be convincing my wife why I need to buy another equipment so soon after getting REF5SE  |
SteveK,
Be sure to do a proper break-in for the ARC Ref5SE. The recommendation is at least 600 hours!
Although really great out of the box mine start to sound far more open and smoothing out at around 300 hrs.