No-one talks about Rowlands anymore

I looked at the Red Dragon amp mentioned by George... It is based on a Pascal S-Pro2 module. Conversely, the Rowland Continuum S2 is powered by a Pascal M-Pro2... Yielding 400W/8Ohms and 800W/4Ohms per channel.

http://discosoundequipment.sell.everychina.com/p-99120690-professional-audio-disco-sound-equipment-class-d-modules-for-active-speakers.html

http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/pics/jeff_rowland_continuum_2_large_inside.jpg

Which ever $100 Chinese  Class-D amp module they used, it’s still a blithe on the name to me.
Rowland built their name on quality in house made amps, now it seems to me they just get whatever Class-D modules and throw it into a "glitzy" case whack a $10k price on it and rest on their laurels of days gone by when they did make great amps of their own design.

Cheers George

And from what I understand, Pascal get them form  China, and mod them, and then Rowland buy them.
http://imgp1.en.makepolo.net/o/956/645/3ec6c7e3908d642a79ee2cf1608c5072.jpg
And when they were advertised on Alibaba, these modules sold for $100 each for lots of 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZCxCg-QWDQ

Cheers George

No-one talks about Rowlands anymore

I Think many have woken up with todays, million dollar chassis with 3rd party cheap (in comparison) Class-d modules inside.

The $10K usd  Continuum s2
http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/pics/jeff_rowland_continuum_2_large_inside.jpg

A third party Chinese sub plate amp, look closely at the amp module in both pics.
http://www.marani-proaudio.com/resizer/resiz/public/LDA800-B.png/800x600.jpg
http://www.marani-proaudio.com/resizer/resiz/public/LDA800-C.png/800x600.jpg

And the Data sheet for that amp.
http://www.marani-proaudio.com/public/LDA800%20CN.pdf

Cheers George

This is the sort of thing that made me start to turn my nose up at Rowland.

With their $10k Continuum S2 Class-D's, the amp module is a cheap Chinese $100 one, sure with a little tweaking, but Red Dragon Audio also use the same module and similar tweak it but it's only $1,800.

   https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/1428517

Cheers George

That's because to me they sold out and went head first into Class-D and lost their cred, to me anyway.

Cheers George