Audio Research Manufacturing Facility: In Pursuit of Sonic Perfection

Designing and Building High-End Audio Components With Surgical Precision Experience is a great teacher. Expertise comes through repetition and nothing in life imparts and inculcates knowledge more forcefully than repeatedly doing the same thing over and over again.   In Asian culture, the *10,000 Hours* mark is commonly...

Audio Research Corporation Marks 50 Years of Sonic Luxury

Audio Research Corporation Marks 50 Years of Sonic Luxury The spirit of innovation and love for music is stronger than ever at Audio Research Corporation (ARC). After five decades of ground-breaking engineering, you might think that ARC has pulled out all the stops when designing high-performance...

Off The Beaten Groove: In Heavy Rotation @ ARC Sound Room (February)

Off The Beaten Groove: In Heavy Rotation @ ARC Sound Room (February) Continuing with our monthly installment of what's in heavy rotation at the Audio Research sound room. Here are more select cuts that are being spun. Curated by the magical ears of Warren Gehl. Sergei Rachmaninov:...

REF6 SE: Capturing More of Live Music’s Natural Cues

REF6 SE: CAPTURING MORE OF LIVE MUSIC’S NATURAL CUES   As attested to by uniformly positive reviews and customer feedback, the latest REF160 series amps (and now the REF750SEL) manifest speed, time coherence, dynamics and transparency –an overall aliveness– never before experienced in Audio Research tube amplification. This...

Off The Beaten Groove: In Heavy Rotation @ ARC Sound Room (January)

Off The Beaten Groove: In Heavy Rotation @ ARC Sound Room (January) Continuing with our monthly installment of what's in heavy rotation at the Audio Research sound room. Here are more select cuts that are being spun. Curated by the magical ears of Warren Gehl. Aretha Franklin:...