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Old 07-26-2011, 11:17 AM
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Someone over at another forum says he heard that AR might be working on a reference DAC with a tube output stage to be released by this year. Any truth to this ?
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Old 07-26-2011, 11:40 AM
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Nothing on the ARC Database site yet, but it would be cool!
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Someone over at another forum says he heard that AR might be working on a reference DAC with a tube output stage to be released by this year. Any truth to this ?
I will buy such a dac !
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Old 07-26-2011, 11:56 AM
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Makes lots of economic sense for ARC. Simply combine the cutting edge inputs and digital section of the dac8 with the tube regulated tube output stage of the ref cd 8.
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I spoke with a dealer a few weeks back that said the same thing.. Anybody else here anything?
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Old 09-20-2011, 04:04 AM
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Is AR normally this secretive ? I want to know more
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Source 3 - DCS Vivaldi + Antelope reference clock or Cybershaft Op18 (not floating my boat so far)

Source 5 - ROON ROCK with Aurender W20 as NAS & 2 units of SOTM switch with 10M input (the new frontier but still cannot beat CD for now) - ROON endpoint - Vivaldi upsampler

Amplification - Naim Statement

Speakers - ProAc Carbon 8 + JL FM113 x2 (replacement purchased - Stella Utopia EVO but due to lockdown, could be a year's wait)

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Makes lots of economic sense for ARC. Simply combine the cutting edge inputs and digital section of the dac8 with the tube regulated tube output stage of the ref cd 8.
A big + 1 !
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I wanted to chime in and say I too have heard a new reference DAC with tube output stage is on the horizon as well. The local dealer I talked to wouldn't (or couldn't) provide any additional information.
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I wanted to chime in and say I too have heard a new reference DAC with tube output stage is on the horizon as well. The local dealer I talked to wouldn't (or couldn't) provide any additional information.
Good news !
I hope that it won't be around 10k
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Old 09-21-2011, 12:37 AM
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We've beat this horse dead before. The REF DAC isn't coming anytime soon. Search previous posts on the ARC forum.
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