While I truly loved what I heard from Continuum S2 at RMAF, I admit that I have been until now a die-hard lover of separates, and of monoblocks to boot. Since 2013, my Rowland M925 monoblocks have been making fantastic music without a glitch. For the last few years, I have been feeding Them directly from a Rowland Aeris DAC, this augmented by the Rowland PSU ultra-capacitor-based external power supply. Yet, I have been wondering for some time if my audio nirvana could ever be uber-nirvanized, as the technology of audio reproduction has continued to evolve.
In particular, since Rowland released its statement integrated amplifier in the form of Daemon, I have been wanting to discover if an all-in-one solution sporting DAC, linestage, and 1500W of amplification could equal, or at least get close to my trio of separates.
Eventually, a Daemon review unit was delivered last February 28th. I Started break-in the following day, and have been scribbling my listening notes since… The writing project is ongoing, and will continue for at least several months, until the device has stabilized, and I have exercised several of its many input and output features.
The single-box has been musical Since its first power-up, great since it crossed the 150 hours break-in mark, and just about astonishing at 500 hours… And this is just half-way into the break-in process.
Join my adventure around Daemon’s freshly-minted watering-hole on WhatsBestForum:
https://whatsbestforum.com/threads/...-a-statement-superintegrated-amplifier.30327/
And, feel free to PM me with any questions.
Regards, Guido
In particular, since Rowland released its statement integrated amplifier in the form of Daemon, I have been wanting to discover if an all-in-one solution sporting DAC, linestage, and 1500W of amplification could equal, or at least get close to my trio of separates.
Eventually, a Daemon review unit was delivered last February 28th. I Started break-in the following day, and have been scribbling my listening notes since… The writing project is ongoing, and will continue for at least several months, until the device has stabilized, and I have exercised several of its many input and output features.
The single-box has been musical Since its first power-up, great since it crossed the 150 hours break-in mark, and just about astonishing at 500 hours… And this is just half-way into the break-in process.
Join my adventure around Daemon’s freshly-minted watering-hole on WhatsBestForum:
https://whatsbestforum.com/threads/...-a-statement-superintegrated-amplifier.30327/
And, feel free to PM me with any questions.
Regards, Guido
