First Sound Presence mk11 vs Audio Research L.S.25

Huge caveat I forgot to mention: I did all of my listening to the ARC Ref 1 with RCA/unbalanced connections. I have been assured that the Ref 1's performance is much better through XLR/balanced cables than unbalanced ones.

I did not check the Ref 1 using XLR up against a FS 4.0 using RCA cables. It would be interesting to find out, though....

Drubin: There may be more to the story than what you have been told ...

Never the less, the First Sound is quite good and would be my first choice if the wonderful TRL GTP-3 or GTP-4 wasn't available.

Cheers!
Jack Seaton

Jes45, your last post in which you state, "There may be more to the story than what you have been told ..." is the kind of statement that requires specific facts to back it up. You cannot contribute to an intelligent debate if you do not offer the requisite facts. Otherwise, what you offer is nonsense. Please don't be so circumspect. If you are going to refute Emmanuel Go's explanation of the history of the First Sound design, then offer more than "There may be more to the story...".

If you have information to legitimize your claim, then please present it, otherwise you're comments carry no weight and should be disregarded by readers of these threads as innuendo.

TVAD: I'd feel the same as you, if the situation were reversed. I understand how Noel has made improvements that were not included in the original design, such as embelical cords and separate transformers, EMF shielding, etc.

You can feel free to call me or my statement anything you wish.

My source asked me kindly to drop it. I will respect his wishes ...

Best wishes,
Jack

That's fine, Jack, and probably best. I'm sure you understand the point I'm making, as does your source.

Who's Noel?