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| Whats the word on Jeff Rowland pre-amps? The Synergy IIi is a very fine preamp and would obviously work well with the Rowland amps. I believe that most solid-state preamps don't sound stage as well and lack the musical timbre of tube preamps. The Synergy IIi is a rare exception. I own th... | |
| Advice on reasonably priced balanced cables ? I believe that buying used is generally preferable, mostly because you want interconnects or speaker cables that have a lot of hours on them and are thus fully broken-in. Stated another way, most copper cables require 100-200 hours of break-in to ... | |
| Cool Amps Needed for Eggleston Savoy's Rowland's small 201 and 501 digital amps are a fraction of the cost of classic Rowland gear and were developed to serve a home hi-fi market that has become 90% home theater. The 300 Series is Rowland's statement amp line for two-channel users. The... | |
| Cool Amps Needed for Eggleston Savoy's Yes, the 301's retail for $30k per pair.Jonathan: Rowland's 300 series amps do use the ICe modules, yes, but it is my understanding that they are not, strictly speaking, digital amps, as they have analog power supplies (which explains much of thei... | |
| Cool Amps Needed for Eggleston Savoy's Jeff Rowland 301's. | |
| solid state gear- leave on? Generally speaking, it's not heat per se that hurts components, but rather the hot/cold cycles that occur when they are turned on and off. Everything expands or contracts in response to heat or cold, and the repeated expansion/contraction that occ... | |
| Pass x250 always on:how much more $ in electricity It could very well be that 24/7 operation with a Class A biased amp like the X250 is ultimately cheaper than turning them on and off, as the amps will be much less likely to break and require expensive repair. Keeping the amps on 24/7 means that t... | |
| lower priced power cords for emm labs CDSD/DCC2 ? Thom_y:Congrats on getting your listening room together and buying your equipment. As you seem to recognize, aftermarket power cords for source components can be quite tricky, as most have filtering characteristics that can really affect the sound... | |
| OK, I made the leap... I think that many of the above posters are going overboard with enthusiasm and detail. Here's my advice:(1) Buy a used Rega Planar 25 turntable (+/-$750);(2) Buy a new Benz-Micro Glider MO cartridge and have the dealer install it (+/-$750); (3) Bu... | |
| What speaker after Thiel 7.2? I believe that TAS reviewer Anthony Cordesman still owns 7.2's. He thereafter used Revel Salons and Dynaudio Temptations as reference speakers. His amps during that time were Pass X-600 monos, but he has since swapped them for Pass XA 160 monos | |
| Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Power Handling? Wattage figures like that are very rough guidelines that can do more harm than good in the wrong hands.As far as preventing damage to speakers is concerned, you are much better off running a speaker with a very powerful amplifier that produces cle... | |
| Dunlavy question A close friend of mine auditioned them side by side at my dealer's store, and bought the V's because he found them to be warmer and fuller sounding. Both speakers were fully broken in and set up properly (very good dealer). | |
| Tube Amps VAC's Renaissance amps and CAT's amps are Class A triode designs. They all exceed your budget, however.That said, you might be able to pick up a VAC 30/30 Renaissance Mk. III used for +/- $2,500. It is as trouble-free as a tube amp can be because ... | |
| New York, New York - Audio Stores????? All the NYC shops can treat you shabbily -- New Yorkers work in them.Don't take it personally. | |
| New York, New York - Audio Stores????? Gregadd's three listings, plus Innovative Audio at 58th and Third Ave. (it's a bit hard to find because it is downstairs -- go to southwest corner of 58th and Third, walk west on 58th, and look for their flag). |