LFD mkIII vs Red Wine Audio 30.2

I owned the RWA Sig 30 for six months and then upgraded it to the RWA Sig 30.2, which I owned for six months. I was using them with Avantgarde Meta Primo (107 db efficient) horn loudspeakers. RWA's products were the best sounding solid-state amplifiers I used with my loudspeakers. They have tube like qualities.

"Has anyone got a real life experience comparing the Sig 30.2 to other expensive amps?"

Yes, the sound out of the RWA Sig 30 and Sig 30.2 was better than the BAT 300X (6922 version)integrated, First Watt Aleph J, Pass Aleph 3, Volksamp Aleph 30, and Avantgarde Model 5 in my system. Keep in mind mys system needs very little power. I ultimately sold my RWA Sig 30.2 because good tube amplifers just sound better with my loudspeakers. As much as the RWA Sig 30.2 sounds like tubes, it just can't do the things a very good SET tube amp can do (air and space). I owned the integrated version of the RWA Sig 30.2. Because of the high efficiency of my loudspeakers, the RWA Sig 30.2's volume steps were not fine enough. Often just one click would make the volume go from too soft to too loud. It was annoying as hell. If I had to go back to a solid-state amp I would probably go with the RWA 30.2 non-integrated version.

Panu21,
Thanks for your reply. And congrats on your new amp. I will keep checking this thread for your feedback/thoughts/review - if you are able to separate yourself from your amp for a few minutes :-)
Hope you have a great time with your amp. It will be great if you are able to write a small review about the LFD.

Regards

Thanks for your post Brawny. I don't want to go the tube route right now, as I feel it is too much maintenance. But your post summarizes what I wanted to know about the Sig 30.2. You mention about RWA not doing a job as good as very fine SET. A very fine SET can be damn expensive and may not suite the Quads. So all in all, I get the impression that the Sig 30.2 is a fine amp that you cannot go wrong with - except the increments in volume. Right now I can think of the non-integrated Sig 30.2 with a TVC pre-amp.

Again, I appreciate your response.

Regards,

Hi Panu21,
Any thoughts/reviews about your LFD amp? Hope you are having a great time with it.
Thanks,

have had it about 1 week now and have put a limited amount of hours on it because i have been on vacation a few days.it is certainly the best amp i have had although i have had limited experience in hi end.  have had a musical fidelity x-150, PS Audio gcc-100 and a prima luna dialogue 1. the LFD is head and shoulders above them in soundstageand the best i can explain is that for the first time i can hear every instrument in its own space without any congestion. have also been impressed with vocals especially the detail in backgrounds. it seems to have a certain volume peak where it sounds best and when exceeded starts to lose thatsoundstage and clarity but that level is loud enough for me where it is not an issue.  so far very impressed