Jeff Rowland Continuum S2 Integrated Amplifier

When one thinks of Continuum, one thinks of Stargate. To be fair, there is something theatrical about the Continuum logo on the Jeff Rowland Continuum S2 Integrated Amplifier ($9,500.00 USD+). When one looks at it as a product, however, wit the 33.0 one is more inclined to think it is a modern home theatre processor, displaying a tuning frequency as a Remanent connected to the past, or, given the size and look, a power supply conditioner, able to display the line voltage, incoming.

What's absolutely amazing, however, is the sheer power for an integrated amplifier. Four hundred (400) watts. That's equivalent to a Devialet Expert 400. Eight hundred watts at 4 ohms (800W).

While the complexity of the face plate is far from the beautiful cosmetics of Jeff Rowland of old - and of present in other non-integrated products - one can well understand then, the size of the product, if one compares it to a pair of Bryston monoblock amplifiers like the 7B SST2 (600W, 900W @ 4 ohms).

That the Continuum employs power doubling and the Bryston 7B - an integrated amp vs a reference monoblock - does not is something of an amazing concurrent possibility - that would be the mark of France's Devialet.

It's a pity to bring the Devil into it, but both Devialet of France and Jeff Rowland of Colorado, USA have some very fine reputations.