REF5SE, DSPRE and REF 150 just arrived

[cmalak]

Originally Posted by trponhunter

on hour 22 right now - everything is definitely better - lots more life and sparkle on the top, better focus and more space,along with a more detailed and bigger bottom end. I anticipate it will improve for the next few days then will not change much more - or at least my ability to be confident about the changes will diminish - we'll see. As I mentioned above, I have a hard time thinking that anyone can really tell the difference of changes that accrue over hundreds of hours - I will try to pay attention to it to see if I change my mind.

No issues with the Ref150 driving the Mira2s?

[trponhunter]

no issues with the Mira2's and the 150 - beautiful together. Now, a pair of 600 watt/channel solid state mono's will drive them harder, but the overall package of the 150 on the Mira2's is really dynamite.

[cmalak]

Originally Posted by trponhunter

no issues with the Mira2's and the 150 - beautiful together. Now, a pair of 600 watt/channel solid state mono's will drive them harder, but the overall package of the 150 on the Mira2's is really dynamite.

thx for the feedback

[trponhunter]

HOUR 66 UPDATE -
Well, Things are definitely still improving - in all the same ways as described earlier - more alive, more space, etc.. Up until now, the DSPRE was in the "soft" setting for the digital filter, and I had not played with turning the displays off of the DSPRE and REF5SE. I just switched to the "sharp" filter on the dspre - better - more resolved and detailed. Also, I shut off the displays and things got a lot quieter and purer. This is the beginning of the system starting to sound "magic".
I'll post finding in another day or so.

[Ritmo]

Thanks for the update.

Mike

[jpgr4blu]

Tropnhunter:
I too was a skeptic re alleged 600 hour break in for ARC gear. Most equipment shows itself well within 50 to 100 hours. But, there is such a huge improvement from 100 hours to 400 hours with ARC Ref gear, esp in the ref 150----that I can no longer question the math. The only way to know is to go through it. At 100 hours, ARC Ref equipment is hinting at what it will be, but in a coarse way. If and when you get to 400 to 600 hours---you too will be a believer.