GaN based SU-R1000 Technics Integrated Class-D, review by TAS
Heard a Rowland, another devialet, past two months. when I have a day off, I love taking a few hours, putting on some better clothes, cologne, as I am treated better. I love lugging in my Sunfire to test speakers, as well as my own music, testament, Riot, seance, ....you get the pic..... they will not leave the room during play time, they have stereotyped me with my choice of music,... Few Months prior, I showed up in my work clothes, I’m a construction worker, you figure it out. Partially ignored, pretty much came up with excuses why they would not hook up my Crest CA-9 to listen to music on their speakers.....this one made me smile...”crest is not an audiophile amp” had to smile on that one. We only play the amps we sell and represent. We don’t have balanced cables or a preamp which accepts balanced cables. As mentioned, I brought in my Sunfire ,dressed well, cologne, combed my nest head, and was welcomed with open arms, until I popped in testaments practice what you preach, the attitudes quickly changed to a nice dressed man,...to a parolee....hell, I even shaved. amyway, eventually listened to the devialet and the Rowland D amps, while they played music, and sounded good, there was something missing, the Devialet curiously sounded better than the Rowland, which surprised me. |
That doesn’t surprise me at all, if the Rowland was the $10k Continuum S2. As in that they just used a Pascal "tweaked?" Cheap Chinese Class-D modules made for sub-woofer amps. http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/pics/jeff_rowland_continuum_2_large_inside.jpg https://s25.postimg.cc/g9j21ldv3/20170819_180541.jpg And here is the $100 Chinese Sanway subwoofer amp https://imgbb.com/kBHf1S4 Cheers George |
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@scott22 I agree, liking the SU-G700, but I also love vinyl so the SU-R1000 is a big deal to me. Yet at 10k, and considering my TT isn't the best (or what I'd consider worthy of the phono stage of the SU-R1000) I am gonna wait this out and see if I could grab a used one down the road... but doubt it. Seem Technislcs is low volume high cult following and their stuff doesn't pop up much. |
