Jeff Rowland 7s Amps, verse Rowland 8T1 or 112 Amp

Just want to add my particular experience in contrast to Cornfedboy. I owned the Sixes with battery supply, before I did extensive auditioning of the 112, the 10 and ultimately bought the 12's. My experience on my Vandy Fives was that I preferred all three of the latter to the Model 6's. The 6's seemed to lack the resolving power and punch of the other three.

Also, I do think there is something to what Brulee says. I've never heard the Spectral, but I did feel that the Sevens never had the punch that amps of that size should have. I actually had four monoblock Sevens powering Soundlab A-1s and B-1 bass panels. That was an interesting combo, but it never did seem to be quite right. It wasn't until the B-1 panels were returned to the factory that Roger West discovered one of the bass panels was wired out of phase. I won't embarrass any of the several high end luminaries who heard my system and didn't catch that problem through listening.

In any event, the Sevens did quite well on the A-1s, but I remember they had real trouble driving a pair of Apogees (don't remember which model).

pctower: i should have been more careful in my post when i referred to the "model 6." what i meant is the current model mc-6. this is the multi-channel amp in the same size box as the 8's and 9's, configurable from mono to 6-channel. i never liked the now-discontinued model 6 either. BTW, jeff used to have a set of sound lab a-1's/b-1's also that he once drove with 2 or 3 pairs of 7's.

brulee: you know i was only pullin' your leg. i'm quite aware of your mit experience, which is much like mine.

-cfb

I'm currently using a pair of the Model 7's and just bought the Coherence 1 MkII preamp which I've not yet auditioned. But I can tell you that with my Magnepan 3.6's they sound wonderful. I've not heard the 8's but if there's anything I can tell you please feel free to write me at brentafuller@bwig.net.