Rowland's very first poweramplifiers shown here together with the Coherence preamp. Well, there may have been an even older (prototype) model but in any event there's no evidence of that being the case. The 7's were developed because Jeff wanted to be able to drive big Apogee Scintilla magnetostatic speakers (with near zero impedance) without having to resort to PA amplifiers with their inherent distortions. With the model 7 he proved that there is indeed such a thing possible as power and finesse at the same time. Interestingly, Krell came into existence for the very same reason. These amps were hugely powerful offering 350 watts in 8 ohms and 700 watts in 4 ohms. Speaker cable connection is via heavy duty screw strip terminals that are compatible with spades and bare wire only. They were not class A but biased pretty highly thus putting out quite a bit of heat. The sound can be described as classic Rowland: sweet, warm and non-fatiguing yet very powerful. Over the years, the Rowland sound has been adjusted more towards a more slender sound.
Model 5 (stereo)
1986-1991
A more affordable stereo version of the model 7, still hugely powerful (150/300 watts in 8/4 ohms). The rear picture is pretty fuzzy, if you have a better one, please mail it to me!
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1984-1992
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