I've now had 201's for about a month with close to 100hrs, and consistent with my experience on the Concentra II these amps are very quiet IMO very much a charateristic of all JRDG amps....so one could assume the same for the 501's.
They'll still need a lot more time to realize their full potential (as I'm still running them in), but my impressions thus far are that the highs are superb and these are fairly accurate amps.
I've got a pair of very demanding MBL 111B speakers (rated at 81db sensitivity, ouch!) and attempted using my Concentra II at first(for 2 weeks)to drive these German babies and whilst the integrated amp is no slouch they just could not control and perform they way they kicked ass on the ProAc's before them. In came the 201's patnering the Concentra in a biamp setup (with 201 on the high/mid and Concentra low's) and this was more like it. If you're familiar with MBL's you'll know that these are power hungry speakers which is why you see the big beefy MBL amps normally partnered with these speakers and 201's held their own which speaks a lot for these pair of "A4 size" amp.
The dealer where I live has a setup of the Synergy IIi, 501 or 201 with the MBL 111B or 101E which is one of the best setup I've heard so far.
They'll still need a lot more time to realize their full potential (as I'm still running them in), but my impressions thus far are that the highs are superb and these are fairly accurate amps.
I've got a pair of very demanding MBL 111B speakers (rated at 81db sensitivity, ouch!) and attempted using my Concentra II at first(for 2 weeks)to drive these German babies and whilst the integrated amp is no slouch they just could not control and perform they way they kicked ass on the ProAc's before them. In came the 201's patnering the Concentra in a biamp setup (with 201 on the high/mid and Concentra low's) and this was more like it. If you're familiar with MBL's you'll know that these are power hungry speakers which is why you see the big beefy MBL amps normally partnered with these speakers and 201's held their own which speaks a lot for these pair of "A4 size" amp.
The dealer where I live has a setup of the Synergy IIi, 501 or 201 with the MBL 111B or 101E which is one of the best setup I've heard so far.