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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.
128x128darrell
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
32 posts
 
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.
rkmcv
32 posts
 
Well said, Guido!
Rod
wadav
84 posts
 
How does the Spectron compare to the Sander Sound Amp? They both are designed to drive difficult loads down to a short. Has anyone compared the two?
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