guidocorona
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| what is the theory behind maple stands and racks? Magfan, I used a 1.5" exotic granite slab under my TEAC Esoteric X-01 Ltd CDp for a while. . . In my opinion it hardened the sound. At the time I 'solved' the problem by interposing a $15 IKEA square stool top between the 2. But now the pretty gra... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre That is great Brazcole! Did your friend also prefer Criterion better than KX-R? Obrigado, Guido | |
| Sonic Frontier Line One with Class D Amp? Robbie, 300Ohms into a 40KOhms load should be no problem at all. Shipping from US to Canada is as far as I know, completely seemless. Shipper will just need to remember to declare the unit as manyufactured in the USA (which is actually correct). .... | |
| How is your power bill? Out of sheer necessity, I used to be archi-conservative (please note lower case in 'c' of conservative) in the use of my system. . . my Rowland 7Ms and the ARC Ref 3 were all gas guzzlers. . . my wife noticed with horror, whenever my stereo was ac... | |
| Sonic Frontier Line One with Class D Amp? Robbie, if you need to use RCA connections, the Rowland factory can supply XLR2RCA conversion adapters for the 102. However, 102 is likely to perform better in a balanced configuration using XLR interconnects, if your pre were also balanced. Guido | |
| what is the theory behind maple stands and racks? Maple is also used for quasi mystical reasons. .. i.e. there exists the urban legend that the old master luthiers like Stradivari, Guadagnini, Testori, Guarner, Amati, made their violins, violas, cellos mostly from maple. . . truth is that maple w... | |
| Sonic Frontier Line One with Class D Amp? Rowland 102 specs are at:http://jeffrowland.com/M102.htmThe 102 has an input impedance of 40KOhms, this is high enough to make it compatible with most preamplifiers. . . what is the output impedance of your pre?The damping factor of 102 appears to... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Thank you Brazcole, let us all know the results of your comparison. Guido | |
| Preamp recommendation $2500-$3000 for ref 1000's I have Driven BC Ref 1000 Mk.1 and Mk.2 in my system using a JRDG Capri linestage in balanced configuration. The Synergy is excellent, because the Capri has an output impedance of only 80 Ohms, which enables it to drive amps of virtually any input... | |
| Jeff Rowland Continuum? "Jeff Rowland is so tubelike"That may be exactly the problem Keithr. The above statement is but an urban legend that it is bound to create false expectations among some audiophiles. I am personally very fond of the sound of recent highr end Rowlan... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Brazcole, what power cords have you used on Criterion and 312? Guido | |
| Jeff Rowland 501s and PC1s Hi Clavil, just trying to understand. . . you were using NBS power cables instead of JRDG 'pigtails' between PC1s and 501s, and you experienced that the modified NBS power cords yielded a more desirable sound for the 501s. If my description is cor... | |
| jeff rowland 501 & 201 vs. bel canto ref1000 One of the Bel Canto Ref 1000 Mk.2 amps has just slightly over 500 hours on it, the other one had only 80 hours. Hence, I suspect that many of the issues . discussed above, may have to do with the very asymmetrical break in of the Mk.2 amps. I am ... | |
| Jeff Rowland 501s and PC1s Clavil, how did you use the PC1s without the JRDG original wires to connect them with the 501s? You seem to have received the PC1 to amp wires just a couple of days ago. G. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Hi Brazcole, which high end power cord have you liked best with Criterion? What about with 312? Guido |