Spectron MIII mk II owner's question.

Andr,

To add to a specific advantage of the Spectron for me is its quickness and its ability to process an extremely complex signal.

I was told that the biggest reason some people don't think the Wadia CD players are as good as they are, is that the preamp or amp receiving the signal isn't fast enough to handle it.

I've found that to be true for myself. The Karan and Burmester amps that I had were good, but with the Spectron and Pass amps, the music was much more enjoyable and lifelike.

Until I heard this for myself, I couldn't picture this logically happening in my mind. But it makes sense if you've ever heard Silent Source cables, which were the first ones that I found like this.

The ability of an amp, cable or any component to be fast enough to accurately pass the audio signal makes it have a more accurate attack and greater dynamic swings, especially when they have a really quiet background.

Chuck

Any of you have problems with buzz/hum from your Spectrons?

Madfloyd,

I had a slight hum coming out of the left channel. I sent it to Spectron and they repaired whatever it was (I didn't ask) for free.

Chuck

When I was searching for my amplifier (mostly among class A ss amps) I found used Spectron then upgraded it then buy another one and ...stopped.

During these last few years I upgardes my speakers from Wilson W/P-8 to Sasha also by Wilson, preamp first to Joule-Electra LA-300 and then LA-450 (yes, its better !) and lastly, with Simon's help Still Point E-SS rack (bloody expensive but WORTH EVERY PENNY AND MORE !!!!!!!!!!!!) as well as a few more smaller things.

I tried a few more power amps (more because of curiocity) and every time concluded that my Spectrons are the best (for me at least) and I can and I do build first class stereo system.

The Spectrons are the basis of my "pyramide" and I am immensely thankful to them not only for their power amps but also for the highly qualified advise I always get from them in matching components etc. I attrubute it to the simplest fact that Simon is former concert pianist and he has professional "ear" and very few designers in the world are TRUE professional musicians (albeit all love music!)

Mike.

Since the introduction of the Spectron Musician III mk 2's has anyone other than me noticed the proliferation of Class D switching amps being introduced by highly respected audio companies including ARC, Rowland, Levinson (Levinson's flagship amps). Even Marten speakers is getting into the act with the introduction of mono amps that are Class D switching. Seems to me Spectron really opened some eyes (ears) to the possibilities of this technology.

Switching subjects slightly in a 7/20 post on this thread I mentioned that I upgraded from Spectron stereo to Spectron mono amps for some new speakers I had ordered. The speakers I ordered and have since received are the Tidal Piano Diaceras. I have had the new amps for around 8 months and the speakers for 6 months. I am ecstatic with the combination. The music playback is sublime with a naturalness and ease of presentation that gives me goose bumps.