D’Agostino- The Progression Preamplifier
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Joe. If I remember rightly, you or Mike hated the quirkiness of the original Dag, especially with the remote and how it worked with separate battery pack etc.
I wonder if that has been corrected with the Progression pre amp? Does the progression preamp have tone controls like big brother?
I heard the progression pre amp with M400's and progression stereo amp - sounded superb but forget to look at the ergonomics of the remote etc.
I wonder if that has been corrected with the Progression pre amp? Does the progression preamp have tone controls like big brother?
I heard the progression pre amp with M400's and progression stereo amp - sounded superb but forget to look at the ergonomics of the remote etc.
Wasn’t me. Joe didn’t like the lack of a 0 point for tone controls. Plus one on bass meant minus one on treble or something like that. I didn’t use the tone controls so didn’t bother me. I thought it sounded great. The updated amps are very good.
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I'm going from memory, but the only quirky thing about the D'Agostino Momentum preamp is the shape of the remote (it's round), so it's a little weird, as you always have to look at it to see which way it's facing, to aim at the preamp.
I don't remember the tone controls working like that, so maybe Joe had a very early model, where the tone controls worked differently.
The Progression preamp has no tone controls, so there's that
And the remote control is not round! It's actually Bluetooth-based, so it has a much better range than traditional IR remotes, and you also don't have to "aim"!
I don't remember the tone controls working like that, so maybe Joe had a very early model, where the tone controls worked differently.
The Progression preamp has no tone controls, so there's that
And the remote control is not round! It's actually Bluetooth-based, so it has a much better range than traditional IR remotes, and you also don't have to "aim"!Attachments
This is before you were with D’Ag. The original preamps had no zero point for the tone controls. Joe and I had the original preamp and amps.
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Yes, I loved the sound but the big selling point for me was because Dan added tone controls. I had my TAD CR-1 then and wanted to turn down the treble one or two notches. You had no choice on the Momentum preamp that I had to activate the bass and treble simultaneously. WTF? How genius was that? It pissed me off, after spending that kind of money and the tone control part was useless. I am pretty sure it’s fixed now but was told, what’s the big deal?
Hi,
I guess you didn't go for the progression pre as your profile still only mention CJ pre. What was your impression of the D'Ag pre? Recently heard it and that was one of the better performances I ever heard and then I have listened to many higher priced and top rated pre amps before. Progression pre was hooked up to TAD M600 mono driving TAD R1 speakers and cabling was Ansuz, Supreme DTC and DTC including DTC distribution box so cables were 4 times the price of Progression. The Progression totally crushed the TAD C600 pre that it replaced.
Mike
I guess you didn't go for the progression pre as your profile still only mention CJ pre. What was your impression of the D'Ag pre? Recently heard it and that was one of the better performances I ever heard and then I have listened to many higher priced and top rated pre amps before. Progression pre was hooked up to TAD M600 mono driving TAD R1 speakers and cabling was Ansuz, Supreme DTC and DTC including DTC distribution box so cables were 4 times the price of Progression. The Progression totally crushed the TAD C600 pre that it replaced.
Mike