Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27?

With respect to ARC upgrading to new models - it is just smart marketing and business.
They KNOW that the legion of ARC fans will rush out and purchase the latest model, Example - LS16 to LS16MKII to LS 17 and same for the LS25, MKII up to LS26. With the clever note: trickle down from the Ref,a baby reference, and sounds better then the former reference at 1/3 the cost.
I would bet 10 years from now the new LS28 or LS19 will not have 6H30 tube, it will have a different tube or back to a different supplier 6922 or whatever - with the note (new supplier, new circuit) and people will say Ahh ---- never liked that 6H30 anyway too dry and sterile.
I am not knocking this or being an ARC basher at all. The ARC products I have heard I liked (which is all the reference gear).

I bought one about two months ago. ARC recommends 600 hours break-in so I put a pair of well seasoned 6H30s on Day 1. I had upgraded from an LS16 MkII. I'm not sure what some of the subjective descriptions mean when used by A'goners so I'll just say that I now hear details in music that I never heard before. If I close my eyes, good recordings sound much more lifelike. My associated equipment consists of a Cary 303 CDP, CJ Premier 11a and Quad 989s. The tubes are all NOS. ICs and power cords are mostly Harmonic Technology. Oh, and I do use a PS Audio PPP.

I owned an LS26. Lovely midrange,captivating overall sound, but anemic in the bass (extension and weight), so I sold it and went SS. I love the improved bass, but do miss that midrange magic. Does the LS27 improve in the bass area? I'd hate to waste the might in the bass my Krell amp conveys with another tube pre that limits what gets passed to it.

 
LS27 review
 

Thanks for posting the review. He's right about the LS27...but I never liked the LS26. Go hear what's great about the new line of ARC models, any of you detractors may just change your minds....