Audio Research LS 17 Reviews

Expert review by: HomeTheaterReview.com (hometheaterreview.com)

Audio Research LS17 Preamp Reviewed

Audio Research's $6000 line-only preamp delivers consummate performance with its 104-step volume control, two 6H30 twin triode tubes and hybrid JFET/tube output stage. With nearly all the detail retrieval and openness of the REF 3, the LS17 is a...

Feb, 2009

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Expert review by: Chris Binns (avguide.com)

The Audio Research LS17 Line-Stage and Ref 110 Power Amplifier

If any company has established a distinctive visual identity over the last thirty years or so it has to be Audio Research. Witness the fact that I still regularly use an SP 10 pre-amplifier dating from around 1986, yet sitting the LS17next to it I...

As is often the case, it was when I began to experiment a little with the individual units that I became more appear to be a mismatch. But in practice, the Ref 110 is a very special amplifier - and the 17 allows that quality to shine, which given the...

Jan, 2008