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Audio Research REF 3
Hi Reference 3 Owners,I replaced the tubes from my reference 3 with Sovtek 6H30 (matched tubes) and 6L6GC from SED. The overall performance improved, but i was not fully satisfied, then i re checked my full system in term of cabling and speaker co... 
Audio Research REF 3
Hi Hans,Guido told me that the 4 bypass caps parts is around $80 at Audio Research. I will order the kit from Audio Research and ask for the schematic also. I know a technician who is able to do it in France, i will not do myself. Do you know why ... 
Audio Research REF 3
Dear all,Many thanks for your answersI bought My REF 3 used, and it runs 6L6GC tube in power supply (my REF 3 is from 2005). I will order a new full set of tubes and try new tubes, i will also do the upgrade with 6550c tube and the 4 bypass caps a... 
Audio Research V70 or VS55 power amp
Hi Steve,Fully agree with Tweak1, you should better upgrade the preamp than your V70. The LS2B is a good preamp (i used to have a LS2 and LS2BMKII) but audio research did a lot of improvement since the LS2. I would recommend you the LS5MKII if you... 
Downsizing from Audio Research REF110 to 100.2
Hi JglpubliI have a friend who runs Proac speakers (i don't know the exact model number, but the speaker has 2 woofers around 7 or 6 inches on Apolito mode). We tried an Audio Research VT200 on those speakers, and faced issue on bass response (bas... 
Audio Research amp's retubing experiences
The most recommended tubes for the Audio Research amp are the 6550c SED. I retubed in the past Classic 60 with Svetlana very successfully. I will retube a pair of Classic 120 in closed future and i will use 6550c SED tubes.I know the telefunken E8... 
6550/KT88/KT90 variants in Audio Research VT50/100
Hi,I retubed recently an Audio Research VT200 with KT88 EH without any issues. I used to have also good experience in the past with Classic 60 amplifier (i had 2) with Svetlana SV-6550c and the other one with 6550 EH.I heard also that the Svetlana... 
Audio Research VT200 Noise on the Right Channel
Thanks for your answer, i will check that during the weekend Best Regards 
GE 6550's
I have 2 Audio Research CL60 Amplifiers.one uses GE 6550 and the other one SV6550c, GE tubes sound a little bit better in Bass but SV6550c is a very good tube for the price. Audio Research uses the class AB1 on CL60 meaning that power tubes are no...