The 200 watt per channel vintage amplifier contains two separate mono amplifiers and can drive almost anything.

If you’ve never spent any time on HiFiShark while searching for used or vintage audio equipment, I suggest that you prepare yourself for what you might find. Chaos and a lot of disappointment when the exact amplifier you have been looking for appears but the owner is in Croatia. Hard pass on that one. I love Croatia as a country and go there on vacation every few years but I’m not dropping $1,500 on some amplifier that I can’t visually inspect; I’m willing to drive 8-10 hours each way for something really special, but I’ve had too many items not show up or arrive broken in pieces to do that again.

One of the most obvious pitfalls of any piece of vintage audio equipment is the availability of parts and someone qualified to fix or upgrade it. I’m hesitant to recommend specific components if neither one of those scenarios is a possibility. Does it make sense to recommend the Aragon 4004 MKII or Audible Illusions Modulus 3A?

In my previous two installments, we recommended the Vandersteen 1Ci and MartinLogan reQuest loudspeakers because both brands still exist, offer comprehensive service and parts, and there is a lot of demand for both on the used/vintage audio markets. Both companies have been around for almost 40 years and are very successful.

The Aragon 4004 MKII has not been in production for a few decades but the current ownership at Indy Audio Labs are superb audio engineers and doing a great job presently with Aragon and Acurus. Based on my experience, they are there to help Aragon 4004 MKII owners.

This article originally appeared at ecoustics.com and intro has been published here with permission.

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