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Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC : my experience
Yes Guido! What I hear now is a very interesting holographic bloom & liquidity of sound. It is neither lush nor dry but the sounds that emerge have a level of expressive grain, physicality and presence. I notice on many recording the unique so... 
Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC : my experience
Aeris at 15 months: Still love the DAC & it seems to be endlessly musical.Added the Shunyata Triton/Typhon/Cyclops & 4x Shunyata PC's w/ impressive results. I am using a custom Furutech digital cable (all copper) w/ the industry's best con... 
New Esoteric P02 D02
Good new year: I just finished the 250 hour mark on my new esoteric P05 transport feeding my well broken in (600 hr) Rowland Aeris DAC, all Rowland electronics , Revel Salon 2's w/ Cardas Clear/Audience AU24 SE and must say the Esoteric transport ... 
Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC : my experience
Thanks all, with the Corus in line I do hear a more fleshed out musical moment and consistently prefer it to either the Berkeley alpha 2 or JRDG Aeris dac run direct to the power amp . I think the Corus is the most musically natural sounding pream... 
Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC : my experience
I think the Corus is an attractive preamp to use w/ the DAC (in my case the Aeris) for several reasons. It has a fab volume control w numeric read outs, phase control (very complex phase options for critical listening), balance settings, and it so... 
new product: Audience AU24 SE XLR ICcable
I think I must defer to John McDonald on this but the connector was the fulcrum of the research. In the XLR's that I have it really paid off.Mark 
pre-amp vs dac straight to amps
I have been going back and forth using a Jeff Rowland Capri PM in line with a Berkeley alpha 2 DAC feeding a Modwright KWA 150 SE and the Berkeley direct has greater transparency, detail, air and lower distortion BUT the center fill is oddly thin ...