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| Amp for Maggies In general higher powered class D amps are likely to work well with larger Maggies like the 3.6. Spectron Musician 3 series for example, or JRDG Continuum 500 should give you lots of authority, bass control and refinement. If you prefer a slightly... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I have just heard that JRDG has started shipping the Criterion. First production units are being used to fulfill an apparently considerable order backlog. If anyone has had the opportunity of listening to Criterion already, please post here. | |
| Amp for Vienna Accousics Beethoven speakers Vienna speakers need to be driven stoutly by high power amp with high damping factors. . . there seems to be a very natural synergy between Vienna speakers and Jeff Rowland (JRDG) switching amplifiers. As you are already using an integrated, I sug... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Would that be high quality NOS analog lipstick, or some of that new compressed digital stuff with fizzies and sparkles? I's just concerned about the 'soul' of the poor pig, you understand Grant? | |
| SS quality pre-amp with HT bypass-suggestions? Hi Ckoffend, could you describe in some detail the salient sonic differences you perceived between the Calypso and the Capri? Thanks, G. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Holy XXXX guys. . . what happened all of a sudden. . . Everyone feelin' hurricane Ike approaching mayhaps? G. (grins!) | |
| Jeff Rowland 501s and PC1s Hi Phous, please keep us posted with your observations while the PC1 devices break in. . . they will likely take a few hundred hours to stabilize and yield their best. Guido | |
| Review: Jeff Rowland Continuum 500 Amplifier Kiwi, I suspect you may have been reviewing a device that was not fully broken in. Switching amps do very strange and often unpleasant things to the treble until they have stabilized. . . and stabilization may not occur for about 1000 hrs of playi... | |
| Best Integrated, period. All, what we still do not know is what Kiwi meant by "ad a "listen" to the C500. How many hours of break in did the unit have when he performed critical listening? How many hours of active warmup did the unit have since the last power down? We do ... | |
| SS quality pre-amp with HT bypass-suggestions? Dave, have a look at the Rowland Capri. . . SS, fully differentially balanced, HT bypass, remote. A sound to die for IMO. . . I prefer it to my own ARC Ref 3. I have ranted abundantly about it during the last several months in several threads. G. | |
| An Audiophile's journey You are absolutely right Philefreak, switching (or digital) amplification has come of age, and we are seeing a rapidly growing interest/acceptance in class D amplification, with brands like Rowland, Spectron, and Nuforce leading the way. . . I am ... | |
| Review: Jeff Rowland Continuum 500 Amplifier Thank you Kiwi for the review. How many hrs of playing time did you put on the Continuum before proceeding to critical listening? G. | |
| Best Integrated, period. Hi Perrew, as you said, these are all very good units. . . no one unit 'beats' any other one. In the end, you are the only one who can decide what is right for you, based on price, your speakers, your room, and your sonic/musical prefs. G. | |
| Best Integrated, period. Hi Mapman, I agree completely with you there not existing a 'best'. . . . there are too many system dependencies and equally valid user preferences/priorities. Concerning JRDG Continuum, there are 2 variants of the JRDG Continuum integrated. . . b... | |
| Review: Jeff Rowland Continuum 500 Amplifier Cappuccino, what speakers do you use with 301s? I have heard that because of low damping factor of 60, 301 work best with relatively sensitive speakers with easy loads, but I have never been able to verify this issue myself. Guido |