I had a Consonance and it just didnt do it for me, although I did like my Model 1 power amp. Go with an ARC balanced pre, such as LS2B which are going for around $1200 and you'll be in heaven. Solid state comes close but tubes will take you there.
Rowland preamps??????
Anyone have a lot of experience w Rowland preamps?
I'm looking for a high quality fully balanced pre to run into my Vt-100mkII, and I need to stay well under $2500.00.
Rowland makes an awful lot of products w similar names...Continuum, Consonance, Concerto pre...and Concerto integrated. It's hard to keep them all straight. Poor marketing, if you ask me.
Anyway, it seems like the Concerto, Consonance, Capri and SynergyII are all in the $2000-$2500 price range. There's also a SynergyIIi, which sould be a little stretch for me, but it's a 230v unit.
Anyone familiar with these pres, at all. Thanks in advance.
I'm looking for a high quality fully balanced pre to run into my Vt-100mkII, and I need to stay well under $2500.00.
Rowland makes an awful lot of products w similar names...Continuum, Consonance, Concerto pre...and Concerto integrated. It's hard to keep them all straight. Poor marketing, if you ask me.
Anyway, it seems like the Concerto, Consonance, Capri and SynergyII are all in the $2000-$2500 price range. There's also a SynergyIIi, which sould be a little stretch for me, but it's a 230v unit.
Anyone familiar with these pres, at all. Thanks in advance.