[Bails]

Has anyone heard Jeff Rowland's new preamp, Capri, or know anything about it? It looks pretty interesting: http://www.jeffrowland.com/CapriPreamp.htm

If no-one is familiar with this particular model, any comments on Jeff Rowland's preamps in general?

Thanks.

[tomjtx]

It is a great preamp. I heard it in a great system and it is one of the best pre amps available IMO.

[95bcwh]

If you're not a tube-lover and like digital/SS gears, then by all means try the Jeff Rowland, they made decent gears 

Has anyone heard Jeff Rowland's new preamp, Capri, or know anything about it? It looks pretty interesting: http://www.jeffrowland.com/CapriPreamp.htm

If no-one is familiar with this particular model, any comments on Jeff Rowland's preamps in general?

Thanks.

[tomjtx]

actually, many think the Rowland gear is tube like in it's sound .

Of course, the best thing would be to find a way to listen to it in your system and see if you like it.
In the end , that is all that matters.

[95bcwh]

Who are the "many"??

actually, many think the Rowland gear is tube like in it's sound .

Of course, the best thing would be to find a way to listen to it in your system and see if you like it.
In the end , that is all that matters.

[ctviggen]

I have also heard that many people describe JR gear as being "tube like".  I have a JR amp, but I've never had tubes to run the same speakers to compare it with.  I do have a tube CDP, but to my ears a modded squeezebox beats the tube CDP.  Is the modded SB "tube like"?  Interesting question.  I now also have a tube amp (Cayin) for my center channel, and my JR runs my R/L speakers.  To be honest, I can't tell much difference in pans between the centers and sides.  Does that mean the JR is "tube like"?  I don't know.  The tube amp has seemed to add an amount of warmth to the vocals that the Nuforce Ref. 9 and Bryston 9B did not seem to have, but the difference is much less than what I was expecting.  It's quite a subtle difference. 

[george_k]

I bought the Model 102 power amp and returned it within a week...sound was far from tube-like, my ears couldn't take more than 30 minutes of it at one time it was very bright sounding.

[Steve Eddy]

Who are the "many"??

Those who don't want to buy tube gear but need to somehow "justify" their having bought solid state gear?

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