Jeff Rowland

"Yes, anyone can have an opinion based on their experience; however if you not familiar with any of the components in question, why on earth would I take your advice? To my knowledge, Guido and Schacter are the only individuals that have direct experience with the JR 525 and/or the JR Continuum S2."

I get it, but you're not being consistent. In some of your other posts, you appear to have no problem discussing different components, as well.

06-02-15: Ricred1
Zd542,

Any suggestions on preamps I should listen to? I had a Parasound JC2 BP and to my ears it degraded the sound when compared to the PS Audio DSD I had at the time. The Bricasti M1 sounds much better direct than the DSD.

06-03-15: Ricred1
Onhwy61,
I'm looking into speakers now. A few on my list are Joseph Audio Perspectives and Dynaudio C2s.

Huh... Richard on trial... Again?! *Sighs!*

however if you not familiar with any of the components in question, why on earth would I take your advice?

Ricred1, you would want to heed my advice because my advice is based on engineering & is agnostic of equipment. My advices deals with physics & the limitations it creates on any electronics. No matter what the brand, it cannot defy physics. If you ignore those considerations I stated in my original post you could end up in a very bad situation with potentially a large out-of-pocket expense coming your way.
If the M525 is spec'd to handle your Aerial 7T - fine, you have nothing to worry about in terms of equipment compatibility. If the M525 is not spec'd to drive your Aerial 7T in BTL mode, a dangerous situation was detected for you well before any mishap.
When soliciting advice on any forum there are always 2 aspects to one's question - one, people who have direct experience with the equipment you are seeking yourself & two, the electrical compatibility of the equipment you are seeking with the rest of the equipment you already have. Both aspects are equally important. I addressed the 2nd aspect of your quest for better SQ. That's why you need to heed my advice OR anybody else's advice who addresses this aspect.

If you seek the advice of only those people with direct experience of the gear you are seeking but fail to see that this gear is incompatible with your gear, you will not have the same experience as they did. Do you know what the impedance of their speaker is? If yes, is that the same impedance as your speaker? If yes to both then only can you use their data point as-is; otherwise, you have to start from scratch as your speaker impedance is different i.e. just because it works in their system does not mean it will work in your system.

I appreciate everyone taking their valuable time to respond to my questions. When there are disagreements I submit we should remain cordial...it's only audio.

we mutually agree on this 100%. Thanks for stating it for the benefit of all of us.

I posted on 6/3/15 that I would explore a couple of speakers...10 days later I posted "After listening to many speakers I decided to keep the Aerial 7ts...not because they are perfect, but the cost to replace them is way more than I'm willing to spend."

Bombaywalla,

I assure you I know the impedance of my speakers. In fact I'm 100% sure I told that to the individual that I spoke with when I contacted Jeff Rowland. I didn't say at what frequency it dipped below 4 ohms, but I did explain it went below 4 ohms...they put me on hold, returned to the phone and told me it wouldn't be a problem. I talked to a dealer ad he told me it wouldn't be a problem. I promise you I'm listening and that's why I stated I would call Jeff Rowland on Monday and confirm that bridged 525s don't present a danger went driving Aerial 7Ts. If they tell me something different I will let you know.

Bombaywalla, your concerned about compatibility of 7Ts with M525 in bridged mode is addressed by the following fragment from Richard....

"I called Jeff Rowland several times and talked to them
regarding bridging the 525 to drive Aerial 7Ts. Per my
conversation with them, the 525 wouldn't have any problems.
I will follow-up on Monday to confirm bridged 525s can
drive the Aerial 7ts."

G.