J.Rowland Is it possible to shut off the display

I bought a JRDG Synergy IIi pre-amp about 4 months ago....and was wondering the same thing. How do I shut off the display ????.....so I called Jeff Rowland and could not for the life of me figure out what the hell the technician was saying. What I did hear was that the crystal in the display was good for 30 years !!! So, I'm 48 almost 49 so the hell with it, I'll be dead. The balance control is a whole new problem. But,what a great piece ( of equipment ) I have owned ''his'' stuff for close to 11 years now and have never looked back on anything else.

Not all recordings are perfectly L/R balanced. On many recordings a small adjustment in the balance control can snap the soundstage into greater focus.

I have Jungson JA 88C (cost me all of $325 used) which uses the Rowland digital volume control. Try depressing and holding down (not a quick click) the mute button on the remote for a few seconds. This defeats the display on the Jungson (which also has no power switch on the front of the amp) which has no controls on the amp other than volume. Adjusting the volume on the amp or remote, or changing input on the remote will then re-activate the display.

Give it a try.

Hi Gary (Garebear),

So you are happy now with your Synergy IIi? I know that you felt it was a bit bright when you first bought it. Did you change cables? What helped smooth out the sound?

Cheers,
John

One other bit of info that may be of use. Holding down the mode/input button on the remote on the Jungson until the display flashes and then using the volume control on the remote will allow you to cycle up or down in volume much more quickly than in the "normal" mode. This is a very useful feature that I use quite a bit as adjusting volume in the default mode is pretty slow.