Aragon Stage 1 Preamp & 2007 Amp Combo Start Price USD 2,280.00 Current Price USD 2,280.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 2,750.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 14, 2008 End Time Thursday, August 21, 2008 Location Pasadena, CA See more about 'Aragon Stage 1 Preamp & 2007 Amp Combo' Description This combo is in perfect condition. It has been used probably 20 times in 3 years. My wife took notice of this fact and said I should sell it. So I believe it is wrong to keep this system sitting and am looking for a loving home for my babies. The system works PERFECTLY and if you need a demo just contact me and let me know. (626)825-5486 is my Cell. I don't want to ship these because they are so heavy, but I will if you want, just call me and we can set up whatever you want. I prefer pick up here in California. I am very easy to talk to so if you have any questions just let me know. Here is the Tech Specs: this has EVERYTHING! The Stage One is a full-featured theater/multi-channel music processor, AM/FM tuner, two-channel analog preamplifier and video switcher, built into a single chassis. The Stage One measures 17 inches wide, five-and-one-half inches tall and 15 inches deep and retails for $4,000. It has seven inputs for A/V sources, all of which accommodate composite video, s-video, analog audio, and digital audio. Component video inputs are available on three of the inputs. Three toslink digital inputs are available, as well as a toslink output for high-quality digital recording. The analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion is performed using 24 bit/192 kHz DACs. The Stage One provides an eight-channel analog input (normally analog inputs are only six channels, but Aragon is leaving room for future surround sound formats) for DVD-Audio or multi-channel SACD players. The unit also has stereo analog outputs for recording, a 12VDC output to trigger external devices, and a RS232 connection for software upgrades from PC and/or advanced control systems. Aragon smartly provides a pre-programmed Philips ProntoNeo programmable LCD touchscreen remote control with the Stage One. Features One of the standout features in this product is the THX ULTRA2 certification. This certification requires certain features that are intended to give the user everything needed to achieve proper set up in any room, with nearly any speaker configuration. It also assures compatibility with nearly any music or video format available. Aragon has also added some of its own features to help entice customers. First, they use an analog preamplifier stage, which gives you the ability to bypass all of the digital circuitry with a mode they refer to as direct. This provides the opportunity to use it as part of a system employing a minimalist approach to two-channel stereo reproduction. Better yet is the ability to do the same thing for up to eight channels. This allows you to run DVD-Audio discs and multi-channel SACDs in purist fashion, relying only on the digital processing in the source component. The Stage One is a theater/music surround processor with 7.1-channel output capability to support all of the latest surround sound formats and decoding options. This includes Dolby Digital, DTS, THX Surround EX, DTS ES, DTS Neo: 6 and Dolby Pro Logic II. The Stage One will also digitally enhance stereo signals and create multi-channel music or movies in a few different modes. As is required in the THX ULTRA2 specification, it will automatically select the proper format based on the signal from the source. There is a complete sequence to cover speaker set-up alone. They have also provided the ability to set crossovers, speaker distances (from the listening position), and individual speaker levels. One new feature that is valuable to me is a boundary gain compensation function, which helps to control the bass in a listening position near a wall. If this all sounds far too complicated to remember, you’re not alone in this view. Today’s home theater systems have become extremely complicated. To give you an idea of exactly how complicated, the manual is 28 pages long and contains very useful and, in some cases, critical information required for set up and operation. Fortunately, set up is the biggest portion of the learning curve. Once connected, the Stage One is designed to be automatic. Ideally, you should just turn it on, select a source, set the volume control, and let the fun begin. 2007 AMP The 2000 series is getting crazy kudos from enthusiasts for its crispness and huge power output. Much of the buzz rotates around the SmartPower technology. Essentially, SmartPower allows certain channels to exceed their rated output for small bits of time when the other channels aren't drawing so much on the power supply. Think of it as a multi-tasker, much like your PC's virtual memory. The connections are gold-plated RCAs and have insulated five-way binding posts for each channel. The 2007 weighs in at 49lbs and delivers the following specs: 200 watts per channel at 8 OHMs. 300 watts per channel at 4 OHMs. Input Sensitivity: 100mV-1W/1.42V-200W Power Consumption: 130W @ Idle/1200W Maximum It seems almost pointless to say so but I found zero problems in pushing the speakers to the edges of their limits with this amp. I tend to watch more movies than music, maybe about 70 to 30, so my ear is more naturally attuned to multi-channel situations. Certain movie titles I have come to rely on for bass rumping agitation were swallowed up whole by the 2007 with no loss or degradation. For music, I dropped some of the more frenetic drum and bass (Dieselboy's "The 6xth Session", Lustmord's "Metavoid") as well as some funkified jazz (Marcus Miller's "The Sun Don't Lie") and literally sunk into the performances. The 2007 pushed the tunes through to the Klipsch's Reference line so well and with such confidence that it made me wish I had four ears. Finally, we come to ... The Remote The Stage One is packaged with a Pronto Neo, which is the caliber of remote you might expect with a system this well thought out. Much like the Stage One itself, the learning remote will never go out of style as you can constantly upgrade with new schematics/profiles via your PC. Place a Bid!