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    ARC Ref 5se, black, <2000 hours

    Gone SS, no sense keeping a fine pre like this around killing rack space. Original boxes and all the rest, including metal remote (silver). $7,500.00. Ships from the Carolinas. Two NIB 6H30s included. No filthy animals or smoking children. Fed only pure, Audience-filtered current from Hour One.
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    Ref 5SE in Stereophile -- higher impedence amps?

    In the Measurements section of November's Stereophile review of the Ref 5SE (no link yet) JA suggests that the preamp should be paired with "higher impedence amplifiers". What is the general demarcation between high and low impedence in amps? What would the results of a mismatch sound like? I...

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