Jeff Rowland Capri preamp

i had the pleasure of borrowing a Capri pre-amp for about two months now with the contention of probably buying it.
Like most posters rowland is smooth and tube like--yup, thats the sound. No grain.

the build quality is like a tank. the remote control is great.

Soundwise, i couldnt complain. Its tubelike though its still not tubes. Its on the warm side of things similar to tubes.

I love its gain since it has 100 steps.

Matching with power amps is no problem. I'm currently auditioning it with the Jeff Rowland Model 102 power amp.

the capri list for $2800 or $2700, cant quite remember.
the display can be set to display for 3 sec and then blink out or just left display mode on all the time.

the 102 has been with me for over month, left on all the time, yes, it does improve with time.

still its best left on all the time.