Since I own a s450/e Threshold and the Aragon 8008BB, making a decision like that is akin to asking a parent to decide which child to give up for adoption. Okay, I'm just talking about children who haven't hit those nasty teenage years. JK.
I own an Acurus A-200 wich i bought on a friend's recommendation, now i have the chance to buy the Aragon 8008BB at a good price, is the Aragon worth the extra expense over the Acurus? any advice will be appreciated.
Aragon 8008BB is very good amp. It is Krell designed and it has very good bass and details.I am not familiar with Acurus but it seems like Aragon will be step worward. I got my for $1000 in near mint woth box. It was not durty cheap but decent. I still can not choose between Aragon and Threshold. As I got Linn Sondeck, I found Threshold is more musical and pleasant to listen but Aragon deliveres better bass.
Choose one or the other and try to get cablings that'll help compensate for the selected amp's inherent shortcoming. "Musical" I think is the key word here. Find a nice interconnect that'll bring out the bass from the Threshold. If not enough augment with subwoofer down the road. Good bass but lacking in musicality is a no-win situation in my opinion.
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