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Old 12-09-2010, 01:59 PM
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I have the Reference 5 for an audition. Stay tuned for pics and impressions.
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Old 12-09-2010, 02:24 PM
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Well the Ref 5 is all warmed up and man does it sound good....
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Old 12-09-2010, 02:35 PM
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Well the Ref 5 is all warmed up and man does it sound good....
I was very impressed by the ref 5 and 210 monoblocks driving a pair of strads. Makes me want to go and listen to the anniversary preamp
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I was very impressed by the ref 5 and 210 monoblocks driving a pair of strads. Makes me want to go and listen to the anniversary preamp
Howie better hurry as you know they are limited edition and the year is almost out.
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I was very impressed by the ref 5 and 210 monoblocks driving a pair of strads. Makes me want to go and listen to the anniversary preamp
Yeah the REF 210's sounded nice with the Vandersteen 7's at RMAF.
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Serge...how many hours does the REF 5 have on it? If it is brand new, the bass performance especially will drastically improve after 400-600 hrs. If it is fully broken in then you should be fine.
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Howie better hurry as you know they are limited edition and the year is almost out.
Alas the Dartzeel deal has been done but if I had a second system.....
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Serge...how many hours does the REF 5 have on it? If it is brand new, the bass performance especially will drastically improve after 400-600 hrs. If it is fully broken in then you should be fine.
It has seen some playtime as I told my dealer to hang on to it about 3 weeks ago and get some hours on it first. Not sure if it does have 400+ hrs on it yet but the bass is impressive already.
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Alas the Dartzeel deal has been done but if I had a second system.....
I am sure you will be very happy with DarTZeel.
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Serge...you can use the remote control to find out how many hours have been logged on the machine. If this is a new unit that the dealer received, then the counter has not been resent (which is typically done when the unit is retubed). So you can press the "Hours" button on the remote and it will tell you how many hours have been put on it.
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