Bass Gear Review

Reviewer	Michael Oughton
Experience	12 years
Email	phillybass@hotmail.com
Review date	February 03 2002
Manufacturer	Aguilar
Model	DB680
Price	1599.99
Item owned for	6 months to 1 year

Dimensions	2 rack spaces
Weight	17
EQ	Treble/Bass shelving, double parametric for mids
Other	tube driven fx loop, full range mono/stereo or bi-amp hi and lo out.
	Line out features a 5-way chickenhead knob to select output gain.

First, this is definitely the finest sounding pre-amp in the world. When you wake up and realize that three million effects don't really make the bass line sit better in the mix during "My Girl", you realize that you should spend the bulk of your dough on something that makes you sound the most solid you can possibly sound. The tonal controls are superb in thier ability to manipulate the shape of the EQ, and the true parametrics make all those fancy graphic eq's out thier look and sound like toys. The choices of outputs on the back is nice, too. I chose to run a full range output to my power amp as well as running the low end out with the crossover point set at 450hz. I have a separate volume control on the front of the 680 for the full range (master) and for the sub (low out). PUNCH-YY. The dual channel (footswitchable) are nice as well. This is real pro's equipment, made by pros.

Construction	98%
(No one's perfect, but this is close! Very neat construction.)
Clarity	98%
(It's as clear as you want it.)
Versatility	100%
(Okay, this item can be 100% versatile to any genre of music.)
Customer Service	98%
(Dave Boonshoft and all the staff are knowlegeable, committed, and very friend
ly.)
Value	98%
Overall	98%