Could Dan D'Agostino--one of now the grandfathers of the high-end audio industry--reinvent himself after the hostile takeover and painful loss of Krell? Could Dan reach down within himself after all those years with Krell and one again find the energy, creativeness and even money to roll up his sleeves and start a new company from scratch? Could he at the same time come up with new designs and not just copy what he had been doing at Krell? The answer to that has been a resounding yes in my estimation. Dan's new electronics, in part the Progression and Momentum amplifiers, bear no resemblance to his earlier work. Part of that was as his late son Bret expressed in an interview I did with him a while back, that the two of them sat down and listened to and totally re-evaluated all the amplifiers on the market before Dan began designing new products.
That certainly seems like it was time well spent. While the first generation of Momentum amplifiers definitely had Dan's signature on them, the newest iteration of his amplifiers have taken a huge step forward. What really impressed me when I heard D amplifiers the other weekend, just how low in distortion and clean sounding the Progression and Momentum amps sounded on the Wilsons. The amplifiers are just so low in coloration. Mind you, the Wilsons aren't necessarily the easiest speakers or load to drive. There was a grip and authority on the music that went way beyond anything Dan did previously. And it seems in the latest iteration of the Momentums, even less of that Krell solid-state edge. The newest amplifiers just just seem to loaf along. In might be added, a relatively small package for a non-Class D power amplifier.
These amplifiers have impressed me mightily and while not a cheap date are arguably the best solid-state has to offer nowadays.





That certainly seems like it was time well spent. While the first generation of Momentum amplifiers definitely had Dan's signature on them, the newest iteration of his amplifiers have taken a huge step forward. What really impressed me when I heard D amplifiers the other weekend, just how low in distortion and clean sounding the Progression and Momentum amps sounded on the Wilsons. The amplifiers are just so low in coloration. Mind you, the Wilsons aren't necessarily the easiest speakers or load to drive. There was a grip and authority on the music that went way beyond anything Dan did previously. And it seems in the latest iteration of the Momentums, even less of that Krell solid-state edge. The newest amplifiers just just seem to loaf along. In might be added, a relatively small package for a non-Class D power amplifier.
These amplifiers have impressed me mightily and while not a cheap date are arguably the best solid-state has to offer nowadays.
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