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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Thank you Radicalstuff, excellent info. Please do keep us posted as the sound develops further. I wonder how many hours of break in are required for Spectron to yield its very very best performance? Some other switching amps that I have had the opportunity to test and that -- unlike Spectron -- utilize ICE modules for power conversion, likely take over 1000 hours to break in completely. . . so, be patient and keep posting your listening notes here.
I think the Bybee Super Effect Units need at least 200hrs to open up too.
The V-caps need some 500hrs I've heard.
Radicalsteve,
Which Apogees are you powering with Spectron? This is written by a curious Scintilla user. Bob
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