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| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps Lastly, I have been away for one full week.... Break-in has resumed tonight at the 600 hours mark... The sound has an eary beauty even with the amps stone cold after 9 days completely disconnected from the AC. I listened to a couple movements from... | |
| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps Hi French-fries, Concerning Model 9 variants versus M825 and M925, I have exchanged a couple of emails with Ron Gaston, proprietor of Black Forest Audio in well, you guessed it... Black Forest (CO), and long time Rowland dealer and friend. Ron has... | |
| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps Hi Denon1, I spoke to the Rowland factory today, the Continuum S2 integrated has not yet started to ship... Will keep you posted.Guido | |
| Esoteric K-07 Opinions please I have used Esoteric players (X-01 and K-01) with Rowland gear since mid 2006 and I can't be happier about the results. Just be patient with break-in.... Breaking in K-07 is likely to take a long time.... 500 hours for basic break in, plus 500 hou... | |
| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps Hi Denon1, I will call the factory next week and will ask about Continuum S2 status. meantime, on pure conjecture, based on the fact that Rowland has selected a new more advanced supplier of power conversion modules for Continuum S2 (Pascal), and ... | |
| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps All, I do not have direct experience with Model 9 variants, so my opinion is conjectural. Based on what seemes to be the sonic trend in Rowland amps since Model 7 through M825/M925, I suspect that Model 9 variants are somewhat warmer and midrange-... | |
| Pass Labs XP-20 or Audio Research Ref 3? While I have no experience with Pass Labs preamplifiers, Audio Research Ref 3 remains one of the fineest sounding classic tube linestages of all times.... Drop me a line if you were interested in my own fine REF 3 specimen in black livery, equippe... | |
| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps Hi Jjy, admittedly, my M725s are wonderful amps, but what I heard tonight on M925 at the 576 hour mark, is simply not possible on M725. I was postponing any serious listening to tomorrow morning (Saturday), so I decided to turn on my old NAD tuner... | |
| Review: Machina dynamica Brilliant Pebbles Tweak Me thinks 'tis the power of the new Dark Matter tweak....http://app.audiogon.com/listings/tweaks-machina-dynamica-dark-matter-optical-coating-spray-bottle-for-cd-label-2013-06-25-accessories-22042-mosby-vaMay be one should experiment with it by sp... | |
| Personal amp evolution 2012: Reference amps: Rowland M725 monos.May 2013: Reference amps: Rowland M925 monos. | |
| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps Hi Tim, in olden days, Rowland used to offer some amps in a golden livery...In fact, the front plates of my old 7M monos had a warm champagne hue... Nowdays, the only faceplate available is the untinted 'platinum' look, with charcoal Venturi cooli... | |
| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps All, yesterday, at approximately 430 hours of playing time plus 60 hours of low-level operations, the M925 amps were showing signs of musical grandness as wellas of someĀ residual break-in growing pains.The Dvorak 9th Symphony 2nd movement under B... | |
| Experiencing Rowland M925 4-chassis reference amps To Noble100... Hi Tim, concerning amp colors, I checked with Brandon Kelley at the Rowland factory yesterday about colors for M925 amps: seems to be a little like the old Ford Model T... Any faceplate color is available, provided it is... 'platinu... | |
| Listening Sessions Sanders ESL, VERITAS Monoblocks Hi Al, Veritas continues to blossom for hundreds of hours... I am working on my next scribbling for PFO, which will be dedicated to Veritas monos, including what I heard throughout their break-in process. Saluti, G. | |
| Listening Sessions Sanders ESL, VERITAS Monoblocks I will not be able to attend, but I have direct experience with Veritas.... Unless the devices have stabilized with at least 1,000 (1K) hours of a complex signal going through them, audible results, even though more than positive, WILL fall short ... |