Rowland 555
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Hello
This stereo Class AB amplifier was supposed to be introduced on the market since october last year ... but it seems that it has been delayed 2 times.
BTW, what is the problem at Jeff Rowland Group currently ?
I have heard that they have stopped to propose all these products :
1) Continuum integrated amp
2) 625 s2 stereo amp
3) 735 monos amps
and previously :
4) Corus preamp
They have also decided to stop 825 and 925 big monoblocs before all the above models ...
For 825 and 925 i can understand ... because it is very difficult to sell big & expensive amplifiers based on Class D technology (even if they are very good). The market is like that ...
But it is difficult to understand why they do not propose anymore all the above models.
The catalog become approx empty !!!
Very strange !
BR
David
This stereo Class AB amplifier was supposed to be introduced on the market since october last year ... but it seems that it has been delayed 2 times.
BTW, what is the problem at Jeff Rowland Group currently ?
I have heard that they have stopped to propose all these products :
1) Continuum integrated amp
2) 625 s2 stereo amp
3) 735 monos amps
and previously :
4) Corus preamp
They have also decided to stop 825 and 925 big monoblocs before all the above models ...
For 825 and 925 i can understand ... because it is very difficult to sell big & expensive amplifiers based on Class D technology (even if they are very good). The market is like that ...
But it is difficult to understand why they do not propose anymore all the above models.
The catalog become approx empty !!!
Very strange !
BR
David
I really like my Jeff Rowlands 735s. I talked to Mr. Rowland several days ago about replacing my Corus preamp and he said, "the Corus's will be replaced soon." I wish I knew what "soon" meant? My concern is, what happens when Mr. Rowland decides to retire? If required, will I be able to get my current gear serviced?
I like my Jeff Rowland Corus and model 625 amplifier.
Jeff Rowland will not come to the High End of Munich this year.
In Europe, there are some rumours about this brand.
That's why distributor of this brand changed often or stopped to sell this brand...
What a pity!
That's a good question. IME someone will take over or purchase the company and honor the warranty. Jeff has been around for awhile and I have never read any serious customer complaints.
I've owned different Rowland components for the past 10 years. His customer service is truly outstanding. He has helped me several times with connecting my subwoofers and trying to eliminate a ground loop issue with my HT when using the HT bypass on my Corus preamp.
Hello,
as a long time JRDC fan living in Europe, I can say that there were some changes in distributor structures, but they were very busy and nice to the customers, and received a good support from Jeff himself.
The last Class D products with Pascal Class D equipment is far away from the earlier ICE-Power Class D units and sounds very good.
I had several preamps in the last 20 years with Consonance, Consummate with phono, Synergy II, Coherence II with Cadence phono, and I like them a lot, had 1-2 times some little issues and they were repaired for some very little ammount.
After all these satisfied years I bought the Daemon 2 years ago as maybe my last JR device and it is fantastic.
But i follow the news on the new 555 and hope it will appear on the market in the next months.
I don’t know why they have discontinued the Corus, as it was a phantastic preamp, notably with the PSU, and then with the Aeris. But all these 3 units are on the level of the Daemon, and you don’t need all those cables….
as a long time JRDC fan living in Europe, I can say that there were some changes in distributor structures, but they were very busy and nice to the customers, and received a good support from Jeff himself.
The last Class D products with Pascal Class D equipment is far away from the earlier ICE-Power Class D units and sounds very good.
I had several preamps in the last 20 years with Consonance, Consummate with phono, Synergy II, Coherence II with Cadence phono, and I like them a lot, had 1-2 times some little issues and they were repaired for some very little ammount.
After all these satisfied years I bought the Daemon 2 years ago as maybe my last JR device and it is fantastic.
But i follow the news on the new 555 and hope it will appear on the market in the next months.
I don’t know why they have discontinued the Corus, as it was a phantastic preamp, notably with the PSU, and then with the Aeris. But all these 3 units are on the level of the Daemon, and you don’t need all those cables….
I am about to receive mine in about a few weeks, my first Jeff Rowlands item, pretty excited.
I've had my Rowland 925 amps for about 4 years - cannot fault anything with them, and they look amazing!
Never hot either....
Never hot either....
I've had my Rowland 925 amps for about 4 years - cannot fault anything with them, and they look amazing!
Never hot either....
Super system !
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The 555s came and they are quite amazing. More people need to know about the Rowland stuff. I feel the brand is under repped as a whole.
I just came back from Axpona 2024... my favorite rooms were Angies (Avante Garde), the Borreson X3 room (for the money it is amazing), and the large tall Grand Utopia was always fun to listen to, it was playing once per hour.
I just came back from Axpona 2024... my favorite rooms were Angies (Avante Garde), the Borreson X3 room (for the money it is amazing), and the large tall Grand Utopia was always fun to listen to, it was playing once per hour.
WOW ! My Jeff Rowland 555 has broken in completely and is making music. At $16,400.00 it's a steal of a deal. Musical, engaging and soul inspiring. A Steal in all of high end audio
The new Jeff Rowland 555 Amplifier is absolutely amazing. We at Sunny's needed a product that had similar performance as we are accostumed to with CH Precision. This allows us to still have musically compelling products that we can use to create emotional Eco systems.
I love my 555 as well. I got two of them used as monos. They are quite amazing.
I've owned several Jeff Rowland amplifiers. I've compared my current Rowland amplifier to other amplifiers in my system. I prefer Rowland, because it's one of the few amplifiers that I've tried that presents details in a non-fatiguing way, without sounding too dark.
"More people need to know about the Rowland stuff. I feel the brand is under repped as a whole." I agree with your statement, but Rowland isn't as heavily invested in marketing like some of the other manufacturers.
Yes when I got mine I felt extremely fortunate to have picked up a great amp, even more so due to how it is so under represented and feeling like I found a gem.
You nailed it head on regarding presenting details in a non fatiguing way.
You nailed it head on regarding presenting details in a non fatiguing way.
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