Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
My Madison has the Gold Finger wide audio mods done to it, and the D104 has an aftermarket mic amp in it that frees up a lot of bottom end. The radio was originally set up for rack gear, but is on a different radio now. You are right that a stock Madison and stock D104 are not a good match. I believe the Texas Star amps have more bias than a comp box, at least the ones I have.On my Madison the audio is to tinny with a D104, I switched to a Turner Super Sidekick and that works well. The Uniden/President Madison is such a great old school radio. A DX 500v is perfect for that Madison I bet, nice.