Any Jeff Rowland owners?

Hi Audio-Bill, yes you are right... Looking at the scope of changes, seems to me that an upgrade might affect almost all internals.... E.G. The switch to ceramic boards by itself means that all original board-based circuits would have to be swapped out for the new ceramic-boarded ones.

Sale of an original version M625 followed by purchase of a new S2 unit might be more functionally and financially advantageous than a necessirily partial in-chassis upgrade.

Guido
 
I thought the new Rowland Super Integrated was one of the best new products at RMAF this month.

I also thought the Rowland amp (525?) that was in the Vapor room sounded splendid.
 
Hi Mike, long time no talk!

I was not able to attend RMAF this year... But all comments I have gathered this far concur with your statement about Daemon, and the Vapor room after the insertion of the new class A/B Rowland.... M625 S2 stereo.

The M525 is instead a half-chassis class D bridgeable amp listed at $4.5K. It was not used in the Vapor room.

Saluti, G.
 
GuidoCorona said:
Hi Mike, long time no talk!

I was not able to attend RMAF this year... But all comments I have gathered this far concur with your statement about Daemon, and the Vapor room after the insertion of the new class A/B Rowland.... M625 S2 stereo.

The M525 is instead a half-chassis class D bridgeable amp listed at $4.5K. It was not used in the Vapor room.

Saluti, G.
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I missed you this year! We always have such fun hanging out at RMAF. Hopefully you can make it next year. Thanks for clarifying that the Rowland was the M625 S2. That was a GREAT sounding amp. Real sweet and musical. The Daemon would be my dream integrated. I heard it paired with the YG speakers on the first day and it was the best room I heard that day for sure. When I went back Saturday and Sunday, the music selections weren't great, so it was hard to tell. But day one, it was sounding sublime.
 
Hi Mike, based on reports this far, Daemon would be my dream integrated as well.

According to Lucien and Jeff, the equipment in the Rowland room sounded even better on Saturday and Sunday... But the selection of music makes all the difference... Whenever music played are not our cup of tea, all is for naught, isn't it.

If all goes well I'll be able to attend next year... Would love to catch up! As usual, I'll bring along my trusty test CD.... Same old selections I have been using for the last 8 years... This time around I'll also make a copy on a USB stick.

Saluti, Guido
 
When I heard the Rowland/YG room sounding it's best was when they played vinyl on the Bergman table. It was really outstanding.

Jeff was noticeably very pleased with his latest efforts and they were sounding splendid. That 625 mk2 was really really impressive.


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GuidoCorona said:
I have obtained confirmation from the factory today that the price of M625 S2 has not increased since the original version. List remains $15,900 USD.

Saluti, G.
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I'm currently auditioning the M525 at home (Belgium). What do you think of the M525 compared to the M625 S2, which is unfortunately out of my budget , especially in Europe (about 20,000 Euros), and the M125?

Thanks
 
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