LS27 and DS450 are in the house!

[Alberto]

Originally Posted by Ritmo

PS - Alberto, this is "muy delicioso"!

I am not surprised Mike - great combo!

Alberto

[f1 fan]

Mike...congrats on your new system. 600 hrs is a long time but will be worth it. Post pix when you can and let us know your listening impressions.

Dave

[Ritmo]

Guys,

Just to let you know that I have been out of town and have not been able to do any further listening. I will post pictures and provide updates over the weekend. Appreciate your support and interest.

After all, this is AA, the friendliest and most collaborative audio site - period!

Thanks,
Mike

[TOGA]

Ritmo, what did you use to drive your Revel before the ARC ?
I changed from full Levinson to full Simaudio to a mix of ARC and Moon .
Salon2 will sure enjoy that 450 watt of your new amp.

[Ritmo]

Toga,

I have been using an Anthem pre/pro and amp combo. This was a very nice combo for my previous Revel speakers. However, lacking in performance to really get the best of the Salon 2s.

I can tell you with certainty that the ARC gear has made a significant difference. My wife and I sat down last evening to listen to several CDs - first time she listened to the new gear. Her reaction - "wow! Huge difference. Very musical. Not bright like they used to sound. Love the bass which was missing before".

I have to agree with her. All of this after only 10 or so hours of break in.


Thanks,
Mike

[TOGA]

Happy for you Ritmo, Hope they breaking in well in the future, My ARC is
on its 6xx hours now. only 7 months old. almost half of 6550 life has passed during break in.

[Ritmo]

Around how many hours did you feel the ARC gear was fully broken in?

[TOGA]

Ritmo, It's hard to tell because it just happen. I was nervous about lacking of deep bass in the first 100-200 hours. and during breaking in, I changed many things in the system like racks and cables too. But one day may be at 3xx hours I forgot that I was breaking in the ARC as I enjoy the music without caring about that breakig in duty anymore. So may I say 350 hours.

[cmalak]

Originally Posted by TOGA

Happy for you Ritmo, Hope they breaking in well in the future, My ARC is
on its 6xx hours now. only 7 months old. almost half of 6550 life has passed during break in.

TOGA...6550s' tube life is in the 1500-2000 hrs range, so you have used up a third of their useful life. enjoy

[AeroSmith]

Congrats. Bet they look wicked in black.

The DS450 and Revels are a nice combo. Had that running for a bit here. The Revels liked the DS450 a lot.