Jeff Rowland Sound

I own a JRDG 312 and am in love/lust with it! I wrote a capsule article on issue 188 of The Absolute Sound on the amp, part of a longer article on the Vienna Mahler V1.5 speakers.

The musicality, resolution, and authority of the device is -- at least for me -- truly enthralling. Even at RMAF last week the system containing JRDG 312 was my favorite.

Unfortunately I have not heard the JRDG 301 monoblocks yet. . . perhaps some of these days (sighs!)

Guido

FWIW, the pricing for JRDG gear went to $30K+ over a decade ago, with the Model 9ti w/ BPS....Jeff's stuff is good...but not cheap.

Cheers,
John

John and G have either one of you ever listened to Pass or any Boulder amps;if so how would you compare it to rowland gear? I am just wondering as I have never heard either one.

Rleff, I have heard a few Pass amps, and many of Nelson's older models (Threshold). I also had the opportunity ti hear a Boulder amp at a show (860?) a couple years ago. It may be unfair to compare at a show, but the Boulder was very unimpressive for the cost...clinical sounding, like Levinson gear ...to me at least.

As for SS (I am a Tube fan), I do think that Nelson's designs are about as good as SS gets. I do like the Pass XA-60.5's very much....maybe Nelson's best work since the Threshold SA-12e....
If you want more of the best of Jeff Rowland, you may want to try his Model 8TI.....

Cheers,
John

I think, when we talk about "Musicality in Transistor" design, my vote is for Model 8. The newer ones are more or less comparable to other designs, the old ones (1,2,3,6,8) were one of a kind.