Price: $9000
Website: www.audioresearch.com
Vade said: Do the math: For $9000, you get a preamp roughly equivalent to $15,500 in separates. More important, it sounds wonderful. The frosting on the cake is that all of this quality and value are packed into a case whose beauty rivals almost anything on the market. What’s not to like? I’m buying the review sample.
Read the SoundStage! Ultra review.
The gist: ARC’s best, short of their Reference preamps.