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Jeff Rowland Pre-Amps: The Corus & The Capri
I have the Capri in my system ... it's just incredibly good I know quite well Corus and Criterion but I never compared them directly to my Capri in my system ...that being said in my opinion before upgrading to Corus at your place I would start up... 
Magico V3
I thought the successor of the V3 was the Q3 ...as impressed I was by the Mini II (it was a real shock ! ) I had never the chance to hear the V3 in a convincing set-up ... or are the Mini II just better than the V3 ? 
Magnepan 3.7
EpsilonmanI am an great Infinity "lover" and admirer of what Arnie Nudell achieved .I still have a couple of Renaissance 90 which sounds beautifully, but I had occasion to compare them (on same electronic, cables with my Cds) to the Magnepan 1,7 ... 
Rowlands
Opposite to Jymc I have personally had 2 very positives experiences with Jeff Rowland's customer service:1) they replaced me free of charge the control remote which falling on the floor was damaged2) Jeff Rowland answered me personally an email wi... 
Jeff Rowland Design Group's Stereo 625
already two 625 to sell on audiogon strange ... ? 
best amp for Magnepan 3,7
thank's for the responses I have heard the little magnepan 1.7 with Jeff Rowland 312 (class D) Corus + dCS Puccini & clockI was shocked how good it was ...this would confirm the statement from audio Research chief tester reported here by Stewa... 
Sonus Faber Amati Futura
I know quite well the Amati Palladio ... I have heard briefly the Futura which seemed to me completely different: faster, more neutral with less colour and a better bass 
Best Amp for Magnepan 1.7?
I have heard the 1.7 through fm acoustics pre which one ? 
Magnepan 3.7's versus 20.1's?
Live music does not always present with a depth of field that is notable. Sometimes, it presents with much less spatial information than I get through my system. absolutely right! 
Best Amp for Magnepan 1.7?
Then, I started making small changes. Changed the Digital cable from the W4S DAC2 from the inexpensive Better Cables Silver Serpent to a pair of Xindak cables. Big difference. Instruments came into better focus.class D are extremely sensitive to p... 
Jeff Rowland Design Group's Stereo 625
"The new Rowland products are at the crest of a new generation of transistorized gear that is no longer distinguishable from a good tube design and has a purity and sweetness that is rare in electronics of any kind"Harry Pearsons The Absolute Soun... 
dCS Puccini Clock
upgrading for the clock ...it will be possible to read high resolution files in 192kHz 
q3 magico
Suteetatwhich amplification are you using for the Q 3 ? thanks 
q3 magico
for me the Contriva has an own sound .... every note of music coming out of this loudspeaker has some king of lacker put on it ... it's like if a cook would be using all the time the same spice on every different dish ... this is particularty dist... 
q3 magico
"As an owner of the Tidal Piano Cera, I have no problem with the reviewer comparing my $23,000 retail loudspeaker to the $39,000 Magico.""the Tidal seemed to add a faint scrim of noise to each note, a single flaw that became a sonic roadblock: I c...