You can't accuse the engineers at Audio Research of talking themselves or their products down – the self-proclaimed "American gods of valve-based audio" have a new flagship power amplifier that ...

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Are you serious about your stereo hi-fi system? Are you, though? Then strap in: this is where you need to be for the next few minutes. Audio Research’s self-declared "finest-ever power amplifier ...

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