Audio Research Ls 5 Mkii Tube Preamp

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LS5 MKII (1994) Be assured: The LS5 MarkII stereo line-level preamplifier from Audio Research is no mere nostalgic nod to the past. Rather, it represents a significant advance in the technology of vacuum-tube amplification as applied to the retrieval and transmission of meaningful musical information from any input source, analog or digital.

Nature of the Audio Research LS5 MKII | diyAudio

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Just bought a Audio Research LS5 MKII preamp which as you probably all know fully balanced configured from input to output. Consistency (and cost) dictated around 1995 when many highend audio firms adopted the balanced setup, that one could skip cinch/RCA connectors all together, at least AR did so on my LS5 MKII.

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The best sounding Audio Research Line Stage preamp

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The LS2B MkII, LS3B, LS5 MkII, LS12, LS16 MkII, LS22, and the LS25MkII. Thank you for all your help. If you're looking for the one that has the best of the tube-like qualities, go with the LS5. The rest of them, save the 16 and the 25, are far more solid-state like in character. I personally think the LS5 is the best of the line stages ARC has ...