Audible Illusions M3B with Aragon amp?

Thanks for your reply. It is too late, but that’s okay, as I’m looking forward to trying the M3B. I’ll try it with my current amp, and if I don’t like it I’ll sell the Aragon and look for something else. Maybe a Parasound A21 which has higher impedance as well as gain controls.

Thanks. Not familiar with this item, but I'll check it out.

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

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.

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.

Good luck with that Mike.  I think the secret is to phone and bug them about it on a weekly basis.  It seemed to me that they only had one tech working on them, and he was out for a bit.  But I'm 3000 miles away from them, so can't vouch for anything.  But I can say that, although very frustrating to me, it was worth the wait.