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Spectron Musician 3 First Impressions?

I just installed my Spectron Musician 3 into my system. I had a 2A3 amp powering 96db Epiphany 12/12s. Out of the box, ice cold, the Spectron was incredible! The tonality was spot on with the 2A3 tube amp! The harmonic structure was 85% of the tube amp, and this was with less than 4 hours on the Spectron! The Spectron bettered the 2A3 in 3 major ways: 1.) Increased detail with no loss of sweetness 2.) Deeper bass with more control, 3.) Both micro & macro dynamics! Spectron says it takes 3-4 weeks of 24/7 at medium volume before the amp sounds its best. Has anyone else had a chance to listen to this incredible amp?????

Note: I am not affiliated with Spectron.
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baranyi
719 posts
 
Radicalsteve,
Which Apogees are you powering with Spectron? This is written by a curious Scintilla user. Bob
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radicalsteve
146 posts
 
Baranyi,I am using the Stages - easier to drive than your Scintilla's!
dob
577 posts
 
Hello,

I think two weeks of playing is good enough for the initial review, FYI:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?ramps&1208544976&read&3&4&

When I will get 1000 hours or so, I will add some - the same as I did with stereo amp, an year ago when I did comparison with VTL Siegfried mono pair.

Meanwhile, I can only join Isanchez in his statement that the pleasure from monoblocks more then doubled on my B&W802D!

... my head is dizzy a bit !!!!

All The Best,
Rafael
rkmcv
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I saw that Wayne Donnelly @ enjoythemusic.com said it took
him 6 months of use
before he knew the Spectron Musician 3 amp was fully ready
to declare it a Best of 2006 award.
This was a stock '06 M3.
Review recap under their amp archieve "best of '06"
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
RKMCV, I am not surprised about very long break in time on Spectron. . . seems switching amps require inordinate amounts of time to yield their very best. . . anyone who has not had the patience of nursing any of these these devices to their ultimate performance point is denying themselves a very wonderful experience.
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