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From: sgg5e@dale.acc.Virginia.EDU (Stephen G. Graber)
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Subject: Re: Advice on Apogee (Now question on Aragon)
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Date: 20 Nov 90 14:07:20 GMT
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In article <7697@uwm.edu> case@b11.ingr.com (Bill Case) writes:
>
>	o Anyone had good luck matching the amp?  Someone who should
>	  definately know included the reasonable Aragon 4004 SERIES II
>	  (they made a big deal over the series), in the list of great amps.

Could someone in the know please comment on the existence of the Aragon
4004 SERIES II, (I suppose over SERIES I or whatever), what the sonic
differences might be, and how the series can be identified.

I ask becuase my brother and I both have Aragon 4004s bought at nearly
the same time from different dealers.  His was available in stock and
mine had to come from Aragon which took 3-4 weeks.  We've noticed some
slight differences betwixt the two- the power on LED on mine fades as
soon as the power switch is turned off while his remains glowing for 
several minutes.  We both use AR preamps- I hear an audible click when
I activate my mute while he maintains that he hears no such click.
So I'm wondering what there is to this SERIES business as I'd been led
to believe that all 4004s were the same and that Aragon was good at
maintaining quality although manufacturers have obviously changed.

BTW, we both like the sound of the Aragon a lot- clearly there are
others that are better, but for the price these seem hard to beat.

		Steve Graber                   work: (804) 924-9976
		UVa Dept. Pharmacology         home: (804) 973-1283
		sgg5e@dale.acc.virginia.edu