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| speakers for classical music I listen almost exclusively to classical. . . 15% large orchestra. . . lots of small chamber, piano, vocal soloists, occasional modern female vocalists. I second whole heartedly the recommendations for the Vienna Acoustic brand for this applicatio... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm That's correct, every device is different. Different devices are created with differing goals, expectations and price points. Various designers have very differing philosophies. And regardless. . . every device needs be broken-in completely and pr... | |
| Rowland PC1 PFC on Capri pre early findings Hi Dave, my suspicion is that the most desirable results may be with 1 PC1 per each 501 monoblock and with Capri on AC. Single PC1 for both amps may not yield optimum headroom, openness, authority. I prefer also larger imaging and ease of Capri wi... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Coffeey, I am also not a great fan of Red Dragon, heard it at RMAF in '06 for over 1hr. . . great macro dynamics, but little micro and exceedingly dark. As for Bel Canto, there are several Bel Canto models, which one did you use, and how many hour... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Coffeey, which switching amps caused you discomfort? | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Yes Coffeey, very similar experience. I also have listened to a couple of 'digital' amps that were rather underwhelming. . . I have even listened to a couple of tube amps that were quite honestly terrible, and I have heard a couple of traditional ... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Spoke to JRDG today. From my conversation notes. . . The chips in the preamplification boards for Capri and Continuum, and the upscale boards for the upcoming Criterion, are OPA1632 ADSL differential in/differential out line drivers from Burr Brow... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Hi Dave, I just read yesterday that -- according to an official personnel training document on the 2008 Bejin Olympics site, the politically correct term is now 'optically disabled'. Suchly, next Fall in Denver, I'll be delighted to participate to... | |
| Possibly the best pre-amp one can have Looks like the use of video opamps may be in the process of being discovered independently by different pre designers. For example, the excellent entry level Capri pre from JRDG is also based on video opamps (sorry this tech info tid bit is not in... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Yes, I have. Jeff has in fact suggested that significant breakin may needed because of power supplies, transformers and other components being initially 'magnetized'. As such, Jeff was not at all surprised that even the 312 I have in the system, w... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Thank you Pinkus and apologies. Indeed I missed your post about break in. I appreciate your position on little breakin reqd. My subjective impression is that both my Ref 3 and Capri took over 500 hrs to settle. While Ref 3 was quite hideous in the... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Thanks Pinkus .. . and for my earlier question. . . how many hrs did you put on Capri, and at which point did it stabilize? | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm What is the list price (or approx) of AYRE KX-r? | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Hi Pinkus, how many hours did you put on the Capri? And how many hours did it take to break in and stabilize. I am of course looking forward to listening to the KX-r at the first opportunity. completely?PS. To anyone wondering if we are straying o... | |
| Jeff Rowland Pre with Pass Labs X350.5 or X600.5 Hi Grant, I will find out. for what application would you use a 'tape loop' feature? |