Rowland 2 or Accuphase A50?

Which of these amps are the better? I'm used to tube gear, but looking into the high end solid state to see if it compares.

philefreak03-25-2002 11:21pm

findoc Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 35 posts 03-26-2002 at 03:46am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You are wasting your time, a quality sand amp will never compete with a quality tube amp. Period. Unless you like your coffee w/o sugar, your fries w/o salt, your popcorn w/o butter, etc... No body to sand amps, I've owned all the best. Rowland, Krell, Levinson, Goldmund, Threshold, Pass, Accuphase, et al. If you put gun to my head, and absolutely FORCE me to use sand amp, I would go with Goldmund. Only sand amp I ever hear w/treble that can match tubes. But still lacks body and air in the midband. CAT, Jadis, Joule-Electra, Atma-Sphere, VTL, Wolcott. These are real amps. YMMV...