aragon and acurus are owned by the same company and to my knowledge their amps share the same architecture, so i'm not sure you'd hear much difference. in any event your amp/pre are very good and certainly on a par with what you'll find in their price range. if you want a different sonic signature, you might try a tube pre or integrated (jolida, shengya, etc.)
Upgrade under $1000. Aragon or?
I'm considering a system upgrade
possibly replacing my Acurus A-150 with Aragon 4004mkII.
Once I got to thinking about it, I started to consider where the money would be best spent. I'm pretty happy with the input/output devices so I'm looking around at AMP/Preamps.
current config:
Pre: Acurus RL-11
Amp: Acurus A-150
Speakers: Dahlquist DQ-20
Sub: M&K (not sure of the model-Big)
Active x-over: Rane AC22
CD/Sacd: Sony SCD-CE775 (Matt Anker modified)
Vinyl: Denon DP-45F TT, Grado gold, Musical Fidelity X-LPS phono preamp.
The budget is kind of limited so I'm looking
to get the most bang for my buck.
Thanks in advance.
possibly replacing my Acurus A-150 with Aragon 4004mkII.
Once I got to thinking about it, I started to consider where the money would be best spent. I'm pretty happy with the input/output devices so I'm looking around at AMP/Preamps.
current config:
Pre: Acurus RL-11
Amp: Acurus A-150
Speakers: Dahlquist DQ-20
Sub: M&K (not sure of the model-Big)
Active x-over: Rane AC22
CD/Sacd: Sony SCD-CE775 (Matt Anker modified)
Vinyl: Denon DP-45F TT, Grado gold, Musical Fidelity X-LPS phono preamp.
The budget is kind of limited so I'm looking
to get the most bang for my buck.
Thanks in advance.