Jeff Rowland
3 July 2021
Since I was content with the sound in the Main Setup, it was time to accommodate the video section to the new situation. As it would turn out, beamer issues would lead to the start of a new Secondary Audio Setup / Cinema Room.
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2 December 2018
NuPrime Evolution One
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The Evolution Ones sound crisp and clear yet richly textured and timbrally natural, with excellent focus and a reach-out-and-grasp solidity to objects within the soundstage along with a level of lifelike purity and directness that is quite rare.
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Amplifier Reviews,
HFA Audio Setup History,
Passive Speakers Reviews,
SPDIF DAC Reviews,
USB DAC Reviews
18 August 2018
Finding my next reference speakers and amplifiers - part 2
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12 August 2018
I had started a quest to find the perfect amplifier, for my Diva situation at least. By now I knew that there were amplifiers that are more expressive and lively than my precious Rowlands, but so far none of them was a match in terms of treble refinement and low-level resolution.
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9 January 2018
Analog Domain M75D and M75P
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Both the M75D integrated and M75P power amp are fast-paced and articulate, highly detailed, incredibly rhythmic and dynamic and lifelike, with power to spare.
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18 November 2017
Pass XP-17 Phono Preamplifier
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Quite simply the best phono stage that I have heard so far!
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26 August 2017
If all my experiments over the years have taught me one thing then it is that amplifier and speaker performance is highly relative.
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6 May 2017
Diamonds are a man's best friends, too
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17 April 2017
An overview of the main system as it was in place for most of 2017.
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15 April 2017
Physically huge preamp with solid operation and powerful sound
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15 April 2017
Classic Rowland preamps definitely have a their charm, but the more recent models do provide new insights.
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3 April 2017
Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC + PSU
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Adding the brand new Power Storage Unit to the Aeris DAC provides a major upgrade.
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7 March 2017
The Corus is already an excellent preamp, but when combined with the PSU its performance is raised to an insane level. Corus + PSU = heavenly refined, breathtakingly brilliant sound!
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6 March 2017
This Directstream combo delivers new benchmark setting performance!
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20 October 2016
After changing my setup, with different speakers, and on the other side of the room, the Corus deserved a second audition
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Active Digital Speakers Reviews,
Music Server Reviews,
Network Player Reviews,
SPDIF DAC Reviews,
USB DAC Reviews
1 May 2016
For the first time, there are a pair of active Meridian DSP speakers in my listening room, along with an 818v3 Reference Audio Core and a Media Core 200. This makes for some very interesting comparisons.
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13 February 2016
The Capri 2s and 125 are the brand's latest and most affordable pre-power amp combo.
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22 August 2015
Devialet Expert 120 and 200
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Devialet Expert 200 and 120 hybrid class A / class D integrated amplifiers compared directly.
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28 July 2015
Comparing the more classic class AB sound to the current class D sound using 4 Jeff Rowland amplifiers: Model 525, Model 201,Model 10 and Model 6
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4 July 2015
Jeff Rowland 525 power amplifier
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Successor to the model 201 mono's, the model 525 with new Pascal technology promises further improved sound.
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28 August 2013
Jeff Rowland Synergy 2
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Placed between Synergy 1 and 2i, the Synergy 2 is a rare beast. How does it compare?
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20 August 2013
A new reference preamp from JRDG is always big news. Although still expensive, it costs considerably less than its forebear the Criterion.
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18 August 2013
Reference class, Class AB Mono Power Amplifiers
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7 July 2013
The Nordost Valkyrja is something of a spin-off from their top of the line Valhalla model.
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13 February 2013
Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC
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The brand's first entry into the digital world
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21 December 2012
The above picture illustrates where we left off on the previous page, with no more room for the Meridian MD600. Once it seemed proven to me that integrated CD players invariably beat separate transport-DAC combos and that going by the results obtained so far, this also seems to extend to streaming (as evidenced by the […]
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12 August 2011
While my Levinson 390S was away for repairs, I had an Ayre CD player on loan, and once again tried a bunch of Marantzes. This time not just any Marantz though: after concluding that the CD80 was nice enough as a transport but not great as an integrated player and trying the ancient CD74 and […]
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28 July 2011
Via independent routes several "digital" amps came my way, one after another. Originally I was to review only one but at a certain moment I had 4 different ones in my living room.
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8 August 2010
August 2010 The setup is now completely and utterly tweaked to my liking and is configured in a perfect way. For the first time in a very long time I feel that I can live with the setup for a while without tweaking it… The main picture above shows the setup in its entirety. The […]
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8 May 2010
I was sure of it: the Rowlands had to go. They were set aside but I had not yet sold them. Meanwhile I had bought a McIntosh MA6900 integrated amp. How simple could an audio setup be? But this would be short-lived.
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21 April 2010
Jeff Rowland Company Special
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I've owned quite a few Rowland components myself of which you find evidence all over this site. In this unofficial Jeff Rowland database I've assembled all the info of all their products, complete with links to Extensive Reviews on this site.
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17 December 2009
The Cadence is out of production and is quite rare but it really deserves a listen
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7 August 2009
The complete setup as it was in December 2008. Individual component changes aside, the setup 's main components remained unchanged until 2009 and many reviews were written using this system.
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15 June 2009
Coherence II: The legend compared to its offspring
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14 January 2009
McIntosh and Jeff Rowland
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McIntosh MA6900 compared with Jeff Rowland Synergy and model 6
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19 November 2005
Ramping up to the high-end
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16 September 2005
All wood furniture; tables, wall fixtures and cabinets that you can see in many pictures are designed and made by me. Over the years I went from highly curvy shapes to more linear furniture.
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7 August 2005
Main picture above: this must have been somewhere around 1976. This is me with a radio glued to my ear: the fascination really was there early on.
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