PreDAC for Rowland 201 monoblocks

Hi Ziffle, if you enjoy the Rowland sound like I do, you may want to consider looking at the new iteration of the Rowland Capri preamplifier. Rowland calls it the Capri S2 (for Series 2).... Cosmetics are similar to the old Capri, with a better display and a more flexible remote... But the innerds are redesigned in collaboration with Holm Acoustics of Denmark. With the DAC card option, it seems to be retailing for $4400... It was released at CES 2013.

I had the original Capri for 18 months and absolutely loved it... I largely preferred Capri over the ARC Ref 3 that it replaced.

My Capri was used to drive Rowland 7M monoblocks, as well as the Rowland M312 stereo that is still in my system.

Saluti, Guido

Very true Brauser, and with Capri, one must allow at least 500 hours of break in time. Capri is also somewhat sensitive to power cords. I have not experimented with cones on Capri. In theory at least, the Rowland PC-1 rectifier based on active power correction (PFC) can be applied to Capri and Capri S2.... However, I found that PC-1 made my original capri slightly congested, while it does wonders for amps like M102, M125, M201, M501, and M525. G.

Hi JL35, I like very much Shunyata chords on Rowland gear, particularly the last two series: Z-tron and CX. Depending on your budget for a PC on Capri, you may want to have a look at the Python Z-tron or a used Python CX. They tend to yield great staging and imaging, with lots of harmonics and even frequency distribution, and absolutely no behavior oddities at the top or bottom. Guido

Apologies Ziffle for temporarily derailing thread.... Now returning to the originally scheduled program. G.