gary yeowell
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Butt ugly is being extremely kind.
Dan DAgostino integrated amplifer uh?
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graystoke4
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i heard the pre and monos at Whittlebury Hall, this year i was expecting to be blown away, the sound was good but not show stopping, i know this was also at a show but nevertheless with all the hype and price i expected more, a lot more,
Purité Audio
Trade: Purite Audio
The 'sound' is mostly room and loudspeakers, those particular amps I would expect to be transparent.
Keith.
Maxbertola
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Absolutely not my taste as far as looks are concerned.
As for sound, a retailer I know has huge costly gear such as Wilsons, Magicos, even a pair of Sonus Faber Aidas for a few weeks. He stocks Audio Research (big ones), Constellation, and so on.
The Dan D'Agostino pre & power were the only amps in the store able to drive everything effectively, and with dynamics and transparence. They are not smooth, but they do work.
Another friend of mine, customer of the same store, who has a small, high-tolerance metal parts manufacturing company working for very demanding clients, says from a mechanical point of view they are absolute excellence. The volume control is gorgeous.
That said, I don't know if I would want it for free, on the grounds of looks, pretentiousness and likely social target.
As for sound, a retailer I know has huge costly gear such as Wilsons, Magicos, even a pair of Sonus Faber Aidas for a few weeks. He stocks Audio Research (big ones), Constellation, and so on.
The Dan D'Agostino pre & power were the only amps in the store able to drive everything effectively, and with dynamics and transparence. They are not smooth, but they do work.
Another friend of mine, customer of the same store, who has a small, high-tolerance metal parts manufacturing company working for very demanding clients, says from a mechanical point of view they are absolute excellence. The volume control is gorgeous.
That said, I don't know if I would want it for free, on the grounds of looks, pretentiousness and likely social target.
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
I rather like the looks, but suspect silver/copper might look better than black/copper. Haven't heard it, so have no opinion, but wasn't a fan of Krell so perhaps not for me. I'm intrigued, though, and would certainly like to hear them in a system I was familiar with.
As to the price, clearly that dictates the target market. Whether or not you think the price is justified, it is worth bearing in mind that anybody buying one of these will have provided some work, and income, to a dealer, to whomever made the casework, whomever assembled the internals, and not to mention contributed to the income for the sales & office staff at d'Agostino's itself.
I try not to let my inner socialist get too offended by these big-ticket luxury goods and their prices, because of the trickle-down economics they create. Better it goes into the hifi sphere than the various poncey clothes/luggage/scent emporia.
As to the price, clearly that dictates the target market. Whether or not you think the price is justified, it is worth bearing in mind that anybody buying one of these will have provided some work, and income, to a dealer, to whomever made the casework, whomever assembled the internals, and not to mention contributed to the income for the sales & office staff at d'Agostino's itself.
I try not to let my inner socialist get too offended by these big-ticket luxury goods and their prices, because of the trickle-down economics they create. Better it goes into the hifi sphere than the various poncey clothes/luggage/scent emporia.
smoking-rob
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Dapper Dan dares to be different