Jeff Rowland’s integrated amplifiers go all the way back to the late seventies but his latest (fifth) generation represents a leap forward and not only for the company. The Daemon claims a whooping 1500Watts into 8Ohms and 2500 into 4 peak output, which even the biggest monos on the market will find hard to match. Peak current of 30Amperes and weighing an easy 99lbs, this class D behemoth clearly took the Audio Physic Cardeas Plus speakers by storm. The Daemon is much more than a big integrated (ok, it is a huge integrated but this was not the point). It also offers a complete set of digital inputs with 2xRCA SPDIF, 2xBNC SPDIF, 1AES/EBU, 1USB and 3 Toslinks. All audio inputs are transformer coupled, the firmware is upgradable, and one can add (at an extra charge) a Wi-Fi module and/or a MM-MC phono input. The front screen is big and easy to read even from across the room, while the finish is in typical JR fashion, that is, superb in every detail. The volume knob is mounted on precision bearings which provide excellent feedback. The rest of the system included a SimAudio Moon neo 260 CD player acting as transport, the complete [...]
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