Do you people think it will be a REAL step-up over my Rogue’s or shall I stay with tubes?
Dan D’Agostino and ARC Ref. 10
Will the Dan D’Agostino Momentum Monoblocks be a good match for my ARC Ref. 10 preamp and my Evolution Acoustics MM3 speakers?
Will be getting a really better sound with the Momentums than the one I’m getting with the Rogue’s Apollos?
thanks for your help.
Will be getting a really better sound with the Momentums than the one I’m getting with the Rogue’s Apollos?
thanks for your help.
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I am not a dealer for either, and quite frankly I would say yes. Rogue builds a great amplifier for the money but they have never been the tops in terms of speed or resoloution the amps bass is a bit tubby as well. Todays best solid state designs are much warmer and more involving than many of the older solid state designs. The only thing you may have to be leary of is that the ARC preamps are pretty neutral for a tube design with the Rogues leaning on the way warm side, so these two pieces balance nicely. The Krell has a hint of warmth, greater bass control, and far better dynamics. I would recommend you try the combo before you are fully commited as you may have to rebalance the system somewhat with a more netural amplifier. Dave owner Audio Doctor NJ |
Grgr4blu, we have a customer with the Evolutions, they are nothing like the Sasahs, The Evolutions use an Aurum Cantus ribbon which is a much hotter tweeter than the soft dome of the Sashas. So again you need to be careful as what you gain in dynamics, punch, clarity, speed and articulation you may find the slightly warm but more tonally neutral sound of the D'ag amps too much of a good thing. It will come down to room acoustics, cabling, and digital front ends to see if the newer amp will work in those improvements while negating the more neutral voicing of that amp. Dave owner Audio Doctor NJ |
leog2015With the Ago having 100kohm input impedance, it's a perfect match for a passive. You could try this $49 one and send it back if you don't like it. http://www.schiit.com/products/sys Or the more fancy Shiit Freya, which gives you the choice of passive, tube or solid state outputs, and it remote as well as balanced or SE also returnable. http://www.schiit.com/products/freya Cheers George |
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