If you are wondering about resale values, blue book is $1750 used, although there haven't been many sales and some of those may be demos. My recommendation is to do this with two of your top picks and you'll learn more about each of them. I liked the McCormack better with my speakers, but if you are buying new from a reputable dealer, he should let you take the amp home and try it. The 8008ST had plenty of drive, was not excessively grainy (but it didn't it sound as sweet as a tube amp) with the requisite solid state bass. I've bought and sold several amps since then. Speaker synergy is a key factor to selcting amps. I ended up buying a McCormack amp at the time (also solid state,) but I won't dissuade you from getting the Aragon, as it had it's own strong points. I heard the 8008ST, which sounded good for a solid state amp. Offer $800 and see if he bites, then go up from there. That being said you’ll have a tough time finding a better sounding high power solid state amp for anywhere close to the $1000 mark. Closeout Aragons (after Klipsch bought them) were typically blown out at 50% of original retail. Since it is discontinued there is no real advantage to being new. I would question the veracity of someone claiming to be selling a “new” 8008. The 8008 was discontinued (a few years ago?) and it’s now a 8008 MkII. The 4004 was the first moderately priced amp (I believe original retail was $1895, but don't quote me) that could drive the big Apogee’s. The Aragon amps are known for being able to drive tremendous current into difficult loads. The 2004 had 200 into 4 and 100 into 8 ohms). The 8008 dropped the Aragon naming convention (4004 had 400 into 4 ohms and 200 into 8 ohms. Many feel that the 40 mkII outperform the 8008. The 4004 (400 watts into 4 ohms) was the amp that put Aragon on the map.
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