How good is the Aragon 8008mk.2 amp?

I had the 8008BB, same circuitry. That amp was on par with almost any other SS, high powered amp including Krell and Levinson. The ONLY thing that you could hold against it is that it wasn't a true differential balanced design. I'm considering looking for another one soon.

Extremely good. It can handle any load and it does it almost as good as Krell. I haven't compare all amps in this category, but Aragon in general is a bargain.

The Aragon amp is very good. It begins to approach the quality of better amps, but it will never be on par with the Krell or Levinson gear, unless it is being compared to integrated amps or HT gear.

I owned the 8008 for several years, and was very happy with it. I built a system around it, but when I replaced it, I bought a Krell FPB 200.

On paper these are very similar amps, both rated at 200 wpc into an 8 ohm load... the specs go on very similar, but the Aragon could not touch the Krell for impact and dynamics, or reserve power. The sound of the Krell was from top to bottom better than the Aragon.

That doesn't mean that the Aragon is a poor quality amp. It is not. It is very good, but know going into the deal that while it is good it has limitations that the comparable Krell or Levinson will not.

Aragon is relatively inexpensive, and a great bang for the buck unit, but not state-of-the-art.

Well i had the 4004II it was great for the money. Ive Owned Krell ksa 300S Ksa250 Mda300 (cruddy) IMHO VTL Hurricanes Zeus Cary And many others. I sold everything, and unloaded A Large $$ of money on a 1000lb pair of monitors, Until i can put down some serious cash im getting a 4004II Or 8008.

Guess my experience is just different - I think that amp is every but the equal of the others mentioned. I'm not a believer that all amps sound the same, but I also don't think they sound as different as many would have you believe. Just found a post on the old usenet group that I was thinking of...take it however you like.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.audio.opinion/browse_thread/thread/e7d7b36322972842/39af202ebc13f5a8?q=8008bb+33h&rnum=1&hl=en#39af202ebc13f5a8