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Momentum Phonostage
The D'agostino Momentum phonostage has really piqued my interest lately, it looks amazing and matches the Momentum series perfectly. Does anyone out there have any experience with this piece or has heard it? Compared to some of Dan's other offerings, there's not a whole lot of press available about it. Enjoythemusic.com has a review of it here but I'm not very familiar with their writers or site:
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superio...ier_Review.htm I'm happy with the sound of my ARC Reference phono 2SE but am curious what there would be to gain (if anything) with the solid state Momentum piece. The ARC phono stage has that great liquid tubelike sound, however, it can get just a touch noisy at higher volumes since I have to use the high gain setting. Normally this doesn't affect listening at my usual low volume listening, but if I ever do get the urge to crank it up a bit, you can hear some enhanced tube rush/noise from the phonostage. I'm also getting up there in tube hours so I'll have to replace those fairly soon as well, so something to think about also. Maybe I could run across a show demo special at RMAF perhaps.....hmmm It's such a good looking piece of gear as well.
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Library: Speakers: Avalon Acoustics Isis, Subwoofers: (2) REL Acoustics 212SE Amplification: D’agostino Momentum preamplifier, D’agostino S250 stereo amplifier Digital: dCS Rossini CD/SACD transport, dCS Rossini DAC/streamer/master clock. Analog: Brinkmann Taurus table, Lyra Etna Lambda, Audio Research Ref. Phono 3 |
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I have neither seen nor heard it but it also was of great interest to me at one point. I would certainly look into it if I was in the market for a phonostage of that caliber. All other D'Agostino gear I have owned has simply floored me so I have no doubt this phonostage is a serious piece worthy of a consideration.
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Momentum Phonostage
I’ve heard it a couple of times at a dealer, the last time with the Momentum pre, an upper end Clearaudio table (I think the Master Innovation), the Relentless, and Wilson speakers (don’t remember which one but Marc was there, he‘ll remember). It sounded great, but the system was unfamiliar so I don’t know what may have been contributing.
Michael Fremer reviewed it in Stereophile in February 2017 and liked it, it’s one of their “Class A” recommended components. Here’s the review, it’s on the D’Agostino website. http://cdn.dandagostino.com/document...inaleprint.pdf
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Tony D'Agostino Momentum S250 MxV & HD pre; Linn Klimax Organik DSM, SonicTransporter, EtherRegen; Acoustic Signature Typhoon Neo, Koetsu RSP, Boulder 1108; Sf Il Cremonese; Shunyata Everest, Altaira, Sigma & Alpha v2 Last edited by Antonmb; 07-07-2019 at 05:36 PM. |
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I had the ARC REF2se and the REF3. The Dag phono pre is so much more dynamic and quieter. I have a bunch of Dag gear and I think the phono pre is the “sleeper” in the bunch. It’s truly a special phono pre. Audition in your system.
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Florida Dan D'Agostino Momentum HD Preamp Dan D'Agostino Momentum Phono Preamp Dan D'Agostino Momentum M400 MxV x 3 Dan D'Agostino Momentum S250 dCS Vivaldi Apex DAC dCS Vivaldi Upsampler dCS Vivaldi Clock Wilson Audio Alexia 2, Yvette & Mezzo REL No.32 x 2 REL Carbon Special x 2 AVID Acutus Ref SP, Roon Nucleus+ McIntosh MX151, MVP881 HRS SXR Signature Audio Stand Transparent Gen5Ref throughout! New York Dan D'Agostino Momentum HD Preamp Dan D'Agostino Momentum M400 MxV x 2 dCS Rossini Dac dCS Rossini Clock Wilson Audio Alexia 2 REL No.25 x 2 Roon Nucleus+ Transparent Gen5Ref throughout! |
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Library: Speakers: Avalon Acoustics Isis, Subwoofers: (2) REL Acoustics 212SE Amplification: D’agostino Momentum preamplifier, D’agostino S250 stereo amplifier Digital: dCS Rossini CD/SACD transport, dCS Rossini DAC/streamer/master clock. Analog: Brinkmann Taurus table, Lyra Etna Lambda, Audio Research Ref. Phono 3 |
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Library: Speakers: Avalon Acoustics Isis, Subwoofers: (2) REL Acoustics 212SE Amplification: D’agostino Momentum preamplifier, D’agostino S250 stereo amplifier Digital: dCS Rossini CD/SACD transport, dCS Rossini DAC/streamer/master clock. Analog: Brinkmann Taurus table, Lyra Etna Lambda, Audio Research Ref. Phono 3 |
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There’s a used one on the gon right now
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I am in the camp of matching pieces, like in this case all D’Ag or another alternative like a Clear Audio Turn Table and their selection of phono amps.
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I, too, am in the synergy camp. The ARC phono pres I had were with ref5se and ref6. I prefer the sound of the Dag gear by a large margin. I loved the ARC gear, but for me, the Dag gear is a big sonic step up. IMHO
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Florida Dan D'Agostino Momentum HD Preamp Dan D'Agostino Momentum Phono Preamp Dan D'Agostino Momentum M400 MxV x 3 Dan D'Agostino Momentum S250 dCS Vivaldi Apex DAC dCS Vivaldi Upsampler dCS Vivaldi Clock Wilson Audio Alexia 2, Yvette & Mezzo REL No.32 x 2 REL Carbon Special x 2 AVID Acutus Ref SP, Roon Nucleus+ McIntosh MX151, MVP881 HRS SXR Signature Audio Stand Transparent Gen5Ref throughout! New York Dan D'Agostino Momentum HD Preamp Dan D'Agostino Momentum M400 MxV x 2 dCS Rossini Dac dCS Rossini Clock Wilson Audio Alexia 2 REL No.25 x 2 Roon Nucleus+ Transparent Gen5Ref throughout! |
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And a big increase in cost...
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