Spectron MIII mk II owner's question.

Hello Dob,

I can only agree with you. But I did not supply the info to submit my preferences nor to debate the tastes of anybody here. Please consider my post as information and not as a recommendation from me.

The point is there is not a lot of comments available from people who left Spectron than people who adopt and keep them. I presume that's the kind of info the OP is looking for, two sides of the medal.

If I were to consider Spectron as a future replacement in my system, as a matter of fact I do, I would be interested to know the strongsides and the downsides. The strong aspects have been very well documented, but what about the less positive ones. No single unit is perfect, what are Spectron's downsides. Surely, I would like to know what they are.

The only downside I can think of is they take a long time to break-in, a good 600-1000 hours of playing time. In my experience they can sound downright awful between 150-300 hours. I have a suspicion that any crticisms of Spectron comes from them not being sufficiently broke-in.

In preparation for new speakers I have on order I have upgraded to the mono Spectrons. For what you get in audio playback the Spectrons are a super bargain.

On a side note I would love to hear Mark Levinson's new flagship mono switching amps.

For anyone with any experience with the Spectron, can you name a unit that absolutely, unequivocally beats it, no matter the rest of the system. Now that's a tough question, one that draws for a spontaneous answer but also one of conviction.

Andr does have a good point 'what are Spectron's downsides'
I do not have an answer for this and really would like hear from other owners to find out what I have missed.
My 2 channel employs 4 pcs of MIII MKII containing the V-Caps and Bybees and I do not see or feel any downside that I can think of.
Perhaps, if I were only operating only one amp, something may show up that I dislike.

" what are Spectron's downsides." Only one I can SERIOUSLY think of: its not Joule-Electra OTL with its "magical", "magical" and "magical" presentation. Unfortunatelly, OTL amps cannot drive my B&W802 so its a moot point for me. Also, I don;t like the heat and rather high maintenance of OTL amps.