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New D'Agostino Monoblocks...$250,000

The new D’Agostino Relentless monoblocks cost $250,000 per pair.
They weigh in at 485 pounds.
1500 wpc @ 8 ohms...   3000 wpc @ 4 ohms...   6000 wpc @ 2 ohms.
Gorgeous looking amps for sure and I’m sure they perform like crazy.

http://dandagostino.com/products/relentless-monoblock.php

Be sure to invite me over when you take delivery of your pair.
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mrdecibel
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@michaelgreen............Ditto ! Enjoy ! MrD.
minorl
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One thing I loved to do was to venture to San Diego and visit Stereo Design.  Take my music and go in the stupidly expensive, I will never be able to afford this stuff room, play my music and sit back and hear how it really is supposed to sound. 

I've been a customer and friend for so long that they just let me go in and play whatever I liked.

So, what I tell people that want to move to the "high end", take your favorite music and go listen on the best system you can find.  That way, you will hear basically how it was supposed to sound.  Some people say this is a mistake and it will ruin your ear for your equipment, but I don't buy that logic.

I want to know what I'm trying to get to.

so, for these $250k amps and any other equipment, more power to them.  I've heard his amps and equipment and they are top notch.

I may not be able to afford them but that doesn't stop me from appreciating the work.

Now, since Stereo Design has finally closed after many decades, I have found Randy in Santa Monica.  The Vandersteen 7 speakers, Vandersteen amps, or Audio Research REF 250SE amps, REF 10 pre-amp, REF 10 phono, stupidly expensive basis turntable and I absolutely love it.

so, enjoy

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rocray
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My house is worth about half of what these amps sell for. That's fine. They are not marketed towards people of my means. It makes me chuckle when I read how upset people get when something like this is released. If you really want to show these folks you mean business,don't buy them. :)
        I know if I earned upper 7 figures a year, I might try them,along with other uber priced items.
yyzsantabarbara
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I was at an event at Sunny's in Covina, CA where D'Agostino was demoing his new line with Wilson Darth Vader speakers (about 4 years ago). He described how he creates his products. He made it sound like it was all based on hearing and trial and error. He never mentioned taking measurements. Maybe an oversight on his part but I was turned off on the line based on his description of his design process,.

Speakers did sound good on the $200K+ that day,
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bdp24
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A close reading of the test bench results John Atkinson has gotten from some of the D’Agostino products may provide the answer to why DD doesn’t mention them in his talks. Roger Modjeski discusses in his now-dormant Audiocircle Music Reference Forum the results of one such review, explaining what in the design causes it’s poor test bench performance, and how that design behaves when presented with a musical signal and a loudspeaker load.
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