symphonic Line RG4 III vs RG4 IV?

Gregm:

Can you please tell me where did you hear the Magellans? Do you know a dealer who has them?
By the way, my friend, who owns Kraft 400 with Toshibas thinks that they are more musical then the newer ones with Sunkens .
Thanks,

George

Yes, the Toshibas are reputed to have a better midrange than the Sanken equivalents. I understand from a long-time & Symphonic Line experienced dealer that the RG 4 Mk 2 (used Toshibas) had a better midrange than the Mk 3. Oh well....

Hi George -- the Magellan i listened to were privately owned; I happened to drop in while an audition for electronics was taking place, was kindly asked to stay a bit -- and... I ended up leaving hours later! It's amazing that the guy actually moved the speakers. I would have thought that moving a few amps to his *house* would have been more practical solution...

Unfortunately, I don't know who, if anyone, has Magellans on display. Cheers

A few clarifications from a German audiogoner: The amp you are talking about is not called RG4, but RG14. Older versions can be upgraded to the newest version MkIV. The engineer of Symphonic Line always was, and still is, Rolf Gemein. Mr. Lindemann was, and is, the engineer of his equally successful full line of high end audio amps, CD-players, and speakers. Symphonic Line has its own website, which so far is in German only, but the pages of which you can easily translate with the help of http://www.babelfish.altavista.com/
Last but not least, German high end magazine Stereo compared the new version to the older ones in its new May-issue and found the MkIV being noticably better, rating him as "excellent".

klaus at odyssey can answer questions also-he is the usa dealer