George, I think unless I miss understood that someone in this thread based on your comments used the words "chopped liver" for the C1100. The Ref 6 was reviewed by MF Stereophile 11/23/2016. It got a good review, not a stellar review being described as having a polite top end and lack of air on violins. It is almost routine on this website for the superiority of AR over Mac to be noted and becomes tiresome.
In general dealer demonstrations are very unreliable. I have found it remarkable how "dealers" are willing to pull expensive gear in this case three preamps and reconnect. A listening session like you describe would have to last at least 6 hours to do any justice at all. And probably at least 45-60 minutes for connections and listening to exactly the same material at exactly the same volume. Even a decibel of difference makes a huge difference.
Charles
Last edited by Charles; 02-12-2020 at 07:29 PM.
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