Audible Illusions M3B with Aragon amp?

Carmen, I used to have a McCormack and liked it while it worked. Unfortunately when it totally crapped out on me, their customer service was particularly unhelpful and left a bad taste. But if I stumbled across another one for a great price I'd consider it. A fellow I know has a pair of PSE Studio V's that I'd like to buy but he's not anxious to sell.
BDP24, yes, still the high gain.

The older versions had the high gain and were noisy. They were also really hard on the tubes so you were stuck with the Russian 6922 iirc.  Just looked at the pricing, wow, hope the 3B is a huge step up from the earlier iterations for your sake. 

Apparently it is a big step up, and I got a good deal on it - as long as they send it to me.

I received the M3B this morning, got it all set up, reversed the polarity on the speakers as well as on the subwoofer, and have been sitting here listening to music and loving it. I too thought there’d be a problem with the gain, but the problem doesn’t exist. Not in the least bit noisy. The volume switches are set at 11:00 for a moderately loud but comfortable listening level, and no attenuators are required. I think I’ll like this preamp for a good while.

I remember back in the 90’s Corey Greenberg used an AI M3A with the Aragon 4004 and he loved the combination. I believe he was using some large Snell speakers with them.

Good Luck!