Rowlands

Gents, there exists a remarkably detailed and growing amount of operational information on Rowland products stored on the JRDG Knoledge Base at:
http://jeffrowlandgroup.com/kb/
I consult the knowledge base when I have any questions about JRDG products, before attempting anything else... and in most cases, I find a ready answer posted there. G.

Opposite to Jymc I have personally had 2 very positives experiences with Jeff Rowland's customer service:
1) they replaced me free of charge the control remote which falling on the floor was damaged
2) Jeff Rowland answered me personally an email with question about seeing up my system

concerning the 725 it has been just showed in Japan with Avalon Time
have a look here
>http://cybwiz.blogspot.com/2011/11/jeff-rowland-725-with-avalon-speakers.html

I believe that the M725 pair shown at the Osaka show consisted of operational prototypes... Which means that they were sonically active, but were not yet production-level devices. G.

Just heard from JRDG.... M725 monos have been released and are shipping. US price is approximately $28K. Production level units should be listenable at CES 2012. G.

Complete M725 monoblock amp features and specs have been posted to the Rowland Knowledge base at:

http://jeffrowlandgroup.com/kb/quest...questionid=592

Summarizing....

* Ceramic circuit boards.
* Composite class A/B circuit with separate gain stages for voltage and current, no overall feedback.
* Balanced from input to output.
* Copper Bus bars.
* Surface mounted componentry.
* Transformer coupled I/O.
* SMPS prefixed by 1500W PFC unit.
* Parallel binding posts for bi-wiring.
* Power: 330W at 8 Ohms, 650 at 4 Ohms.
* Input Impedance: 40K Ohms.
* Damping factor: 200.
* Common mode rejection ratio: 90dB
* Inputs: Balanced XLR.
* Power consumption idle: 85W.
* Power consumption standby: 1W.
* Weight: 54 Lbs each.

Guido