D'agostino stereo amp

BlueFox
BlueFox Posts: 15,251
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Nice amp, and at $14k sort of reasonably priced. :)

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/dagostino-classic-stereo-amplifier/?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email-464
Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    For who? :/
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Maybe for someone who considers stereo gear a lifetime purchase, and can live with it for decades. That is how I ended up with my stereo. Since I felt I would use it the rest of my life, I used some retirement money so that I could enjoy it now.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    I like the looks of his products. The only problem is I'll need 5 of them for my HT system.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,446
    That guy's gear is downright sexy. Would love to hear it in my set up
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,009
    Is D'agostino the same guy who designed some of the SAE and GAS amps?
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Yep they're nice. Almost pulled the trigger on the Dagostino momentums 2 months back.
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,446
    dromunds wrote: »
    Is D'agostino the same guy who designed some of the SAE and GAS amps?
    Don't know about that but he was the owner of Krell before the board of directors bent him over......
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Maybe for someone who considers stereo gear a lifetime purchase, and can live with it for decades. That is how I ended up with my stereo. Since I felt I would use it the rest of my life, I used some retirement money so that I could enjoy it now.

    You know that makes a lot of sense once you stop and process it. We're not getting any younger, retirement looms and an end-game strategy isn't a bad idea.
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,499
    edited February 2016
    dromunds wrote: »
    Is D'agostino the same guy who designed some of the SAE and GAS amps?

    That would be James Bongiorno. He passed away a couple years ago. As mentioned, Dan founded Krell before he was ousted by an investor he brought in. He did design some Aragon amps, one being the Aragon 4004. Dan D'Agostino and two other guys had founded the parent company of Aragon and Acurus, can't recall the name. Klipsh owns the Aragon/Acurus brand IIRC.

    Dan is a well respected designer. I have one of his old Krell designs, the KSA-250.

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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,009
    Ah yes, thanks for the correction SCompRacer!
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Maybe for someone who considers stereo gear a lifetime purchase, and can live with it for decades. That is how I ended up with my stereo. Since I felt I would use it the rest of my life, I used some retirement money so that I could enjoy it now.

    History has shown me that you can buy amps and preamps and such used for about half of MSRP if you look for awhile. Funny thing is, they will sell again for that same price 10 years later unless something digital is involved. Makes it seem reasonable to buy such things and trade in later for retirement. But full price, I have a hard time with $14K...

    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    I have a very difficult time paying full price unless I know it ain't leaving me
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,394
    Joey_V wrote: »
    I have a very difficult time paying full price unless I know it ain't leaving me

    Nothing is absolute my friend. But again. I negotiate the price of a big Mac at the drive thru. But again. That big Mac will leave me too. Ha
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited March 2016
    Time is money. Waiting for something to show up at a used price is time wasted you could be enjoying the music.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    halen wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    I have a very difficult time paying full price unless I know it ain't leaving me

    Nothing is absolute my friend. But again. I negotiate the price of a big Mac at the drive thru. But again. That big Mac will leave me too. Ha

    Rules are meant to be broken bro
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Time is money. Waiting for something to show up at a used price is time wasted you could be enjoying the music.

    Depends.

    It all depends.
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,394
    Joey_V wrote: »
    halen wrote: »
    Joey_V wrote: »
    I have a very difficult time paying full price unless I know it ain't leaving me

    Nothing is absolute my friend. But again. I negotiate the price of a big Mac at the drive thru. But again. That big Mac will leave me too. Ha

    Rules are meant to be broken bro

    Talk the talk and walk the walk. Bro. Haha
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  • tratliff
    tratliff Posts: 1,701
    edited March 2016
    Halen - your Big Macs may be leaving you but mine are here to stay. :D

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    LOL. Sounds like constipation. :)

    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,102
    edited March 2016
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    Dan D'Agostino and two other guys had founded the parent company of Aragon and Acurus, can't recall the name. Klipsh owns the Aragon/Acurus brand IIRC.
    Anthony "Tony" Federici and Paul Rosenberg founded Mondial, the first product line was Aragon. Acurus was added later, as was MAGIC and AmFi. Both Tony and Paul are now dead. Tony died shortly after the sale to Klipsch, and Paul a few years ago.
    http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/612/index.html
    http://www.stereophile.com/news/091905tony/index.html
    http://www.kenkessler.com/blogs/r-p-paul-rosenberg/

    Far as I know, D'Agostino was never a partner in Mondial. He was contracted by Mondial to design the circuitry, select parts for, and plan the QA process for the 004 amplifier series. If I'm wrong, I'd like to hear about it. (Robbii Wessen performed the "visual" styling and parts-layout.)

    Klipsch bought "select" Mondial brands, (Nobody's saying, exactly, but you don't see any MAGIC or AmFi products...) screwed-around with them for a few years, and sold Acurus and Aragon to a couple of former employees, who now sell Acurus and Aragon equipment under the Indy Audio Labs corporate umbrella.

    http://www.indyaudiolabs.com/
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Time is money. Waiting for something to show up at a used price is time wasted you could be enjoying the music.

    ^^^ This, My Friends^^^
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,102
    Time is philosophy.

    "He who has patience, can have what he will"; Benjamin Franklin.

    Sometimes, it's just nuts to absorb the bought-it-new depreciation.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,287
    When I build systems, it takes me 6 months to 2 years
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited March 2016
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    When I build systems, it takes me 6 months to 2 years

    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,287
    What did u delete Marvin :o
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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