Ayre KX-5 Twenty and VX-5 Twenty combo ......

[Mivera Audio]

Has anyone heard the Rowland stuff ? Jeff went from requiring dollies to move his amplifiers to class-D pocket modules ...

The problem with the Rowland's is they are just PA grade Pascal class d modules with IC opamp buffers in fancy cases. Awesome alternative to his top stuff here:

http://www.dsp4you.com/products/pwr-dsp-amplifiers/pwr-dsp2

 

[Randy Myers]

The only one I have heard is the Wyred that I am currently breaking in. It is getting better day by day, but so far doing pretty darn good. EJ told me that the amplifiers will take a good 500 hours before it really settles in.

 

[MikeCh]

FWIW, I really like the Nord's. Great sound so far and they are far from broken in with only 100+/- hours powered up and 50-some hours with signal thru them.

 

[Kuoppis]

Yes they are incredible combined with a 59 Gretsch

There is no great electric guitar sound w/o tubes, no need to go for a vintage Gretsch for that. That is because of the cathode follower.

 

[Kuoppis]

Has anyone heard the Rowland stuff ? Jeff went from requiring dollies to move his amplifiers to class-D pocket modules ...

The class D JRDGs can sound good, but only his class ABs do sound great, e.g. 625s.

 

[audio.bill]

And Jeff Rowland's latest 625 S2 (Class A/B) sounds absolutely superb! I am also not a fan of any of the numerous Class D designs I've heard but I haven't tried the Nords.

 

[Mivera Audio]

Most dealers I talk to say 80% of what matters is the brand and the case quality. 20% is about the sound.

 

[Paul]

Most dealers I talk to say 80% of what matters is the brand and the case quality. 20% is about the sound.

So which one is you ?

80% or 20%? [emoji6]

 

[Mivera Audio]

So which one is you ?

80% or 20%? [emoji6]

I'm not a dealer anymore. But when I was last month I was all about quality. I was selling an unknown brand. Most dealers wouldn't take a risk like that.

 

[FlexibleAudio]

My amp building Musician friends only use toobs too, something about the sound ...

Second (even) order harmonic distortion = Happiness
Odd order = Sadness

The Dali Lama, circa 1395

 

[FlexibleAudio]

And Jeff Rowland's latest 625 S2 (Class A/B) sounds absolutely superb! I am also not a fan of any of the numerous Class D designs I've heard but I haven't tried the Nords.

If you listen closely you can hear the silence between pulses. At least thats my story and I am sticking to it.

 

[FlexibleAudio]

I'm not a dealer anymore. But when I was last month I was all about quality. I was selling an unknown brand. Most dealers wouldn't take a risk like that.

Wow what happened? I had high hopes for you two. Who gets the silverware? Did you have a prenup?

 

[Mivera Audio]

Wow what happened? I had high hopes for you two. Who gets the silverware? Did you have a prenup?

I decided it wasn't going to work. I'm far too demanding.

 

[Mike]

Second (even) order harmonic distortion = Happiness
Odd order = Sadness

The Dali Lama, circa 1395

LMAO!

 

[joeinid]

See Mike, I am not crazy. The Nords are awesome, not expensive and kill many higher end amps.

FWIW, I really like the Nord's. Great sound so far and they are far from broken in with only 100+/- hours powered up and 50-some hours with signal thru them.

 

[Mivera Audio]

See Mike, I am not crazy. The Nords are awesome, not expensive and kill many higher end amps.

Yep won't be long before all the tube guys have "Class D 4 life" tattoo's

 

[kzhtoo]

For me, class A hands down. Would like to try Nord D in my system though. Whatever I heard didn't float my boat at all.

 

[MikeCh]

See Mike, I am not crazy. The Nords are awesome, not expensive and kill many higher end amps.

Yep Joe, you're not crazy....just nuts. LOL.

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of the Nord amps.

 

[Mivera Audio]

For me, class A hands down. Would like to try Nord D in my system though. Whatever I heard didn't float my boat at all.

If you get the Nord with the SIL994 or Sparko based input stage they run in pure class A throughout their entire range. The output stages are so transparent that all you hear is the input stage's signature.

 

[MikeCh]

Yep won't be long before all the tube guys have "Class D 4 life" tattoo's

Well, I don't know that I'd go that far. I've always been a believer that having some tubes somewhere in the chain can add a bit of flavor. For me, having tubes (all tube or tube hybrid designs) in the line stage and/or phono stage while using SS for power yields the best sound to my ears.