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Questions about Aragon 2004 MKII

Hello All,

I recently purchased an Aragaon 2004 MKII amplifier. I have it mated with a Bryston BP-20 pre amp and an Arcam CD72 cd player. Wharfdale E90s are the speakers I am currently using. I am using the Acoustic Research interconnects that were designated as the "$20 high end interconnect" in Stereophile a few months back. Also using lamp cord for speaker wire. The previous amp I was using was an old Hafler dh-220. Is it me or does anyone else notice that the 2004 mkII rolls off the high end frequencies? I never had this problem with the old hafler and am somewhat suprised to say that I genuinely prefer the sound of the hafler over the Aragon. I am hard pressed to find any benefits of this aragon. The only positive I can think of is its uncanny ability to run cool. No stove top heat radiating out of this unit. Could my specific unit be an anomaly or is this quite characteristic of this brand. Also does anyone have any idea of what kind of the frequency response curve this aragon has?

Thanks in advance
krazeeyk

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chopsrr
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A couple months ago, I bought the 2004 MK II off of AudioGon. I have had quite a few great amps, but this one beats them all with ease. I recently replaced my Carver TFM-35x with this amp and can honestly say I made the right choice. It runs almost ice cold with my Tannoy Mercury mX3's. I can't wait until I get my Triangle Zephyr 2's back up and running and hooked up to this amp.

By no means is the 2004 rolled off on the high end. It is very natural and neutral sounding. For interconnects I'm using MagWire Nakeds and speaker cables are Kimber Kable 8TC. Even with the little Tannoys, everything is excellent sounding. Actually, these little speakers are quite amazing for the money, but I rather have my Triangles back.

If I were you, I would first replace that lamp cord with something good. And then I would start looking around for some better interconnects. But I seriously think the lamp cord will solve most of your problems.
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