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Old 03-09-2020, 05:27 PM
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Default 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/

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Predictable.
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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.
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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.

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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.
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.
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