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| What is under $5k speaker with best bass slam? I can't resist chiming in in favor of Mahlers. Indeed they can exhibit definite 'bass slam'. Furthermore, unless they are set up properly, they are driven with a great deal of power and a stout damping factor, they can in fact exhibit an excess in... | |
| Edgy, bright highs on Avantgarde Duos Chris, why not try your Audio Aero monos on the Avantgarde? Do you happen to know how many hours of break in there are on the Duos? | |
| Any comments on Jeff Rowland's Power Conditioner ? The Rowland PC1 is listed at $1500. It can be applied to the Rowland 201, 501, Concerto, Capri, Continuum 250. It does not apply to any of the 300 series amps nor to the Continuum 500 because they already contain equivalent circuitry. PC1 transfor... | |
| The value of open space Chashmal, Having spent a full day with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Paris in 1975 at a master class, and having later scored in a very minimilistic and pointillistic style, I know exactly what you are referring to. It is of course worth remembering th... | |
| McIntosh C1000 tube pre vs. ARC Ref 3? Hi Peter, could you give us some more detailed comparative findings? Unfortunately the terms 'better/worse' mean different things to different people. Please let us know how the two unit differed in several areas, and what made you prefer one unit... | |
| Jeff Rowland Model 7 & Model 5 Upgrade I am still in the process of comparing the 312 with the 7Ms. My initial impressions are that the 312 is faster, with more authority, headroom, better staging, transparency, detail, extension, and harmonic complexity. As I said elsewhere, I conside... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp The Master Set optimizes the interaction between your speakers and your room. . . I thought my Mahlers sounded already good as I had 'set them up' by my own self. I was kindly disabused of that notion. While there is nothing magical or Newagish ab... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp ConiferDave, by coincidence, Sounding's Rod's Capri was in my system just a couple of weeks ago. He did the Master Set on my Mahlers and 'forced' me to listen to the Capri. . . what a harsh man! (Chuckles!) | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp "sweetness and musicality of tubes with the drive and authority of solid state."Pause, my sentiments exactly. May I quote you if I ever write a review of the Capri for TAS? I should add that the Capri's frequency extension is outstanding, and so i... | |
| Jeff Rowland "Concerto" Integrated JRDG Concerto has been replaced by the Continuum 250 and 500 integrated amps that have just started shipping.. They use the much newer circuit of the Capri for preamplification. The 500W model also contains the same Power Factor Correction (PFC) c... | |
| Rowland Concerto integrated vs Rowland Capri & 102 "With the Capri I heard these high extensions as delicacy, not hardness."Dave, looks like you just about 'nutshelled' the essence of the treble behavior of the Capri. | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? All, my latest extremely preliminary Capri vs Ref 3 observations are at:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1205635448&openmine&zzGuidocorona&4&5#GuidocoronaThey are in my first post dated 03-28-2008. G. | |
| ARC Ref 3, Rowland Concerto, or Capri line stage? All, my latest extremely preliminary Capri vs Ref 3 observations are at:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1205635448&openmine&zzGuidocorona&4&5#GuidocoronaThey are in my first post dated 03-28-2008. G. | |
| Rowland Concerto integrated vs Rowland Capri & 102 RKny and Pinkus, I will leave the PC1 on the Capri at least until the end of next week. Then I will take it out and will repeat listening of some key tracks. For the time being my observations are still tentative and, and need to be validated with... | |
| Rowland Concerto integrated vs Rowland Capri & 102 Dave/All, I have just installed and fired up a Capri + PC1 in my system. Both units are fresh from the factory. . . I can only call this a totally behumbling experience!By the way, I spoke to JRDG today. . . they confirm that the Continuum 250 and... |