Tubes Asylum: REVIEW: Audio Research, Inc. Reference 110 Amplifier (Tube) by Aurelien

Model:	Reference 110
Category:	Amplifier (Tube)
Suggested Retail Price:	$9900
Description:	HIgh-end tube amplifier
Manufacturer URL:	Audio Research, Inc.
Model Picture:	View

Review by Aurelien ( A ) on October 08, 2006 at 08:47:45
IP Address: 82.67.63.238

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First, sorry for my english...
I have spent now more than a month with the Reference 110. An incredible amplifier ! In the last 15 years, I have been on the solids-state side. IMHO, tube gears were always missing something. With the ARC REF 110, my thoughts have changed ! This is the first time I feel a tube amp has no weakness : great bass, incledibly refined midrange, treeble without end.
My wife said a few days ago : we don't need to go to the concert anymore ! Of course this (fortunately) cannot be true but this amplifier drives you as cloth as you can be.
Unless you have extremely low-efficiency speakers in a huge room, I think this is the best amp from ARC : it has the refinment of the Reference serie and seems to me more "accurate" than the 210 or the 610.
There is nothing else I would like to ear from a high-end amplifier.
Best regards,
Aurelien.
PS: some pics of my unit:
http://www.arcdb.ws/REF110/ARC_REF110_top3.jpg
http://www.arcdb.ws/REF110/ARC_REF110_top2.jpg

Product Weakness: none
Product Strengths: Incredible transparency, purity, authority

Associated Equipment for this Review:
Amplifier:	ARC REF 110
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	ARC REF 3
Sources (CDP/Turntable):	YBA
Speakers:	JBL K2
Cables/Interconnects:	Siltech
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	mostly classical
Type of Audition/Review:	Product Owner

Product Weakness:	none
Product Strengths:	Incredible transparency, purity, authority