Spectron MIII mk II owner's question.

The only downside I can think of is they take a long time to break-in, a good 600-1000 hours of playing time. In my experience they can sound downright awful between 150-300 hours. I have a suspicion that any crticisms of Spectron comes from them not being sufficiently broke-in.

In preparation for new speakers I have on order I have upgraded to the mono Spectrons. For what you get in audio playback the Spectrons are a super bargain.

On a side note I would love to hear Mark Levinson's new flagship mono switching amps.

Since the introduction of the Spectron Musician III mk 2's has anyone other than me noticed the proliferation of Class D switching amps being introduced by highly respected audio companies including ARC, Rowland, Levinson (Levinson's flagship amps). Even Marten speakers is getting into the act with the introduction of mono amps that are Class D switching. Seems to me Spectron really opened some eyes (ears) to the possibilities of this technology.

Switching subjects slightly in a 7/20 post on this thread I mentioned that I upgraded from Spectron stereo to Spectron mono amps for some new speakers I had ordered. The speakers I ordered and have since received are the Tidal Piano Diaceras. I have had the new amps for around 8 months and the speakers for 6 months. I am ecstatic with the combination. The music playback is sublime with a naturalness and ease of presentation that gives me goose bumps.