i had the pleasure of borrowing a Capri pre-amp for about two months now with the contention of probably buying it.
Like most posters rowland is smooth and tube like--yup, thats the sound. No grain.
the build quality is like a tank. the remote control is great.
Soundwise, i couldnt complain. Its tubelike though its still not tubes. Its on the warm side of things similar to tubes.
I love its gain since it has 100 steps.
Matching with power amps is no problem. I'm currently auditioning it with the Jeff Rowland Model 102 power amp.