Mondial Designs Ltd. Aragon Soundstage Preamplifier (HT) Review by cpcat

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Model:	Aragon Soundstage
Category:	Preamplifier (HT)
Suggested Retail Price:	$4000.00
Description:	Home Theater Preamp/Processor
Manufacturer URL:	Mondial Designs Ltd.

Review by cpcat on April 02, 2001 at 20:03:12
IP Address: 206.155.95.167

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Excellent pre/pro for my tastes. My priorities are leaning toward the musical side but I still wanted to be able to take advantage of HT and not
compromise. The sound I have now for 2ch is comparable to when I had a dedicated 2ch system of Threshold/ML/Wilson plus the benefit of HT and ?
multichannel music in the future. The DAC's on this unit are all 24/48
of the highest quality (Mondial resisted the 24/96 trend which was/is marketing hype until the SACD/DVD-A battle shakes out). I've had no problems with the unit and have owned it for close to a year. Adam Gershon
at Mondial answers questions via email directly which was pretty nice.
I guess my only concern is the recent acquisition of Mondial by Klipsch and
how that may effect future tech support and upgradibility.

Product Weakness: big, recent sale of Mondial to Klipsch
Product Strengths: Excellent for music in 2 channel stereo, analog bypass and
6 ch. bypass, balanced outputs

Associated Equipment for this Review:
Amplifier:	Pass x5
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	see above
Sources (CDP/Turntable):	Onkyo Integra DVD
Speakers:	PSB stratus gold i
Cables/Interconnects:	MIT CVT 750
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	n
Time Period/Length of Audition:	1 year
Other (Power Conditioner etc.):	PS audio 300
Type of Audition/Review:	Product Owner

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Product Weakness:	big, recent sale of Mondial to Klipsch
Product Strengths:	Excellent for music in 2 channel stereo, analog bypass and 6 ch. bypass, balanced outputs