No-one talks about Rowlands anymore


It's Pass all over the place. Is Rowland going down big time or terribly and expensively up?
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Yeah, whenever I start a thread about something like Nagra, Gryphon, Lamm etc electronics or Lansche speakers, there is no or very little discussion. I am quite certain that a number of people even in the US are familiar with and some even have those brands, they just don't participate, at least on this forum.
Still, speaking of Rowland, Jeff must be doing something wrong from the point of view of audiophiles not necessarily music lovers. Even older Rowlands are rarely mentioned. This is sad. There are very few American solid state amp brands worthy of audiophile attention. Rowland definitely used to be one of them, and now I am not sure.
A quick look back at non US periodicals will reveal a few less mentioned US brands are regularly discussed and reviewed. 

There may be reasons for Enquiring minds, I've noticed one reason often mentioned for the lack of reviews by US periodicals is a manufactures lack of product submission for review.
 
Before aimless and potentially harmful supposition of "going down" or admitting ones lack of product knowledge declaring "sold out" why not simply ask the source? 
http://jeffrowlandgroup.com/us/distribution-north-america.html




I submit Rowland just doesn't put a lot of money into marketing. I've talked to Mr. Rowland several times and he was always knowledgeable, helpful, and very kind. His customer service is outstanding. 
I also called Rowland a few years ago with a minor technical question and they put Jeff Rowland on the phone; he was awesome and incredibly helpful
Rowland is going down for 30 years.  Perhaps Jeff Rowland doesn't know about it and keeps releasing new products?  Might be good idea to call him and let him know  :)

There was a lot of discussion about Rowland gear on Audiogon.  Just search Audiogon for word Rowland - it is mentioned over 8k times.  Boulder was mentioned 2.4k times.  Are they also "going down"?
Perhaps price of Rowland (and Boulder) gear has something to do with popularity?  Rowland integrated "Daemon" costs about $40k.  Do you expect a lot of discussion about it?