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    MANUFACTURERS’ COMMENTS

    Feb 11, 2020 5 minutes

    THIS ISSUE: Representatives from Audio Research, Rega, Sonus Faber, Rethm, and Quad respond to our reviews of their products.

    Audio Research Reference 160 S

    Thank you, Jim, for a thoughtful and informative review of our latest amplifier, the Reference 160 S (Vol.43 No.2). We hope that everyone reads the entire review, because it provides great insight and context for a product that was truly 50 years in the making.

    You bring up the issue of truth versus beauty, a topic debated by music lovers everywhere. We believe truth—music—must be transparent and pure to allow native beauty to be revealed. If something is added, then it is not entirely truthful; it is a coloration. The 160 S allows one to hear the inherent beauty in the music, the emotion, and the rich tonal colors transparently, without exacerbating any anomalies in a recording. “[I]f the Reference 160 be truth beauty.

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