according to KECO Engineered Coatings, Inc. Color choice is a good thing in my book and the Cerakote process enhances a number of physical performance properties including abrasion/wear resistance, corrosion resistance, chemical resistance, impact strength, and hardness. The I/50 is built at Audio Research’s Minnesota HQ and the aluminum top plate surround has a Cerakote ceramic finish that is offered in 6 colors: Gold, Natural (Silver), Red, White, Black, and Blue. A 1/4″ headphone jack also sits on the high gloss black top panel along with the power button, volume and input select knobs. Joining the two matched pairs of 6550s are three 6922s (1x input, 2x driver) and for a fun visual treat a pair of AR’s LexieTubes sit in front and light up green with a start up count down and, once warm, display the volume level and active input. The new(ish) Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amplifier on review offers 50Watts of output power from 2 pair of JJ 6550 vacuum tubes, clearly a familiar foundation for the company. I offer these anecdotes as bits of (important) history, something Audio Research, which was founded in 1970, has and has made. Johnson showcased a new line of Reference products, which never made it into production, but birthed the 6550-endowed VT-150 about which Robert Harley concluded in his Stereophile review from 1994: “The VT-150 is as far removed from ‘hi-fi’ as I can imagine, and closer to the live musical experience than I’ve heard from any amplifier.” Simply nothing at all.”Īt the 1992 Consumer Electronics Show, AR founder William Z. Gordon Holt said of the Audio Research Dual 150 power amplifier, that employed 6550s, in his Stereophile review from 1976: “What does this betubed monster sound like? Nothing. So a long time ago but not a looong time ago. I grew up about 8 miles away and that plant, the Electron Tube Division, remained in operation until I was a teen. ![]() ![]() Tung-Sol introduced the world to the 6550 beam tetrode vacuum tube in 1954, with early production coming out of their Bloomfield, NJ plant. In Barn for Review: Vivid Audio GIYA G3 Series 2 Qobuz Sessions at SXSW: Live Music from Yazmin Lacey, Daniel Villarreal, and Shana Cleveland! ![]() Twittering Machines: A Year (of Reviews) in PicturesĪlbum of the Week: New Age Doom | There Is No End Review: Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amplifier Octave Audio Releases Two New Mono Amplifiers Into the Wild: the Jubilee Mono Ultimate and the MRE 220 SEĪlbum of the Week: Jessica Bailiff | Jessica Bailiff Album of the Week: mui zyu | Rotten Bun for an Eggless Centuryįurther Thoughts on Why I Chose Tidal & Qobuz
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