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The ARC+SF room at CES was solid; however the salespeople and "managers" were worthless and arrogant. In other words, the experience tainted my view of both brands to the point where I would probably never consider them personally or for a recommendation.
If you loved LAMM so much, stick with it - plus it sounds like they treated you very well. Not to mention the simple elegance of how LAMM's look vs. Accuphase/ARC is a huge plus on the aesthetics side.
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So far, the most noticeable difference between the Sophia 3 and Sasha has been mostly in bass response. Sasha did exhibit more of dynamic contrast, authority and slam but then again this is a different room and I am not running the same gear I used to so it is really hard to say. Other smaller/less noticeable difference is the focus and image density, again, could very well be gear related... Other than that, Sophia 3 reminds me of Sasha a lot! Very musical and engaging with a slightly darker tonal balance through the mids probably due to the small dip they designed into it. I like that a lot. Not at all lean, harsh or thin sounding. Detailed? Yes but not in the conventional sense of the word where people may think it is overly analytical, far from it actually. If there is an itch to come back to Sasha once I have some decent gear driving the Sophia 3s and I notice a bigger difference, I can always transition the theater to all Wilson when they update the center channel to match Sophia 3 and Sasha and move the Sophia 3s into the theater instead. As far as fully immersing into ARC, as always, I am trying to make a rational decision and balance budget vs return on the dollar performance. Last edited by PHC1; 10-05-2010 at 03:00 PM. |
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Besides, there is more to this than just having gear "good enough" to drive them. I don't have to tell you all the other aspects of pride and satisfaction of ownership and how much that last 2% of performance costs us. Last edited by PHC1; 10-05-2010 at 03:20 PM. |
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I've said it before, it will be a tough combo to beat for sure... We'll see.
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Lamm is a small company indeed. Most of the time if I had a question or needed something from them, I got to speak to Vladimir or his wife directly. They have always responded to my technical questions both through email and on the phone and were both very helpful and courteous. |
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Paul Bolin and Marc Mickelson's take on the ARC 40th anniversary preamp. The Audio Beat - Casual Revelations: Audio Research's Reference Anniversary Preamplifier; Audio Research Reference Anniversary Preamp
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