The SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier was one of my three choices for a Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Award for 2015, and for good reason, it is an amazingly good amplifier.

Here's what I said in my Positive Feedback Writers' Choice Award writeup:

"The beautifully built, artisanal work of passion, SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier was a real eye opener for me this year. In the review I said, “I think that what we are witnessing here with the SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier may very well be the birth of something as musically significant as what happened with the advent of the DH-SET amplifier renaissance in 1960s Japan, but this time it is with a class-D amplification device from the ‘enlightened ear’ of Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki.”

The superb tone color and rich timbral textures that are normally the purview of fine vacuum tube designs are now present in this class-D amplifier from Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki. If you’re interested in an amplifier with the beauty, tone color, timbral naturalness, and rich stereoscopic musicality of the best vacuum tube designs in a non-fussy and classy solid-state design, I suggest that you listen to the SPEC RSA-M3 EX amplifier.

You may very well decide for yourself that it is one of the best amplifiers out there regardless of price. At least that’s my take on the SPEC, and I suspect it’ll be yours too if you get a chance to give it a listen."

SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier

I have been listening to the SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier steadily since I first wrote about it in Issue 78, and I am more impressed than ever with its level of performance both sonically & musically.

The SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier was magnificent sounding with my Harbeth Super HL5 loudspeakers.

Harbeth Super HL5

The SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier was also magnificent sounding with my Tannoy Westminster Royal SE loudspeakers.

Tannoy Westminster Royal SE loudspeakers.

The SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier has been paired with my vintage custom Stokowski Voice of the Theatre loudspeakers since their arrival here at Jeff's Place.

Vintage custom Voice of the Theatre loudspeakers made for Leopold Stokowski by Altec.

The pairing of the SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier with the Stokowski VOTTs has been a match made in heaven, and I've spent a lot of time listening to its charms.

More often than not the SPEC-Stokowski VOTT combination is how I start out my day.

I think the SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier is a remarkable amplifier, and I want to honor Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki with a Jeff Award for his extraordinary accomplishment.

Please join me in honoring Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki for his significant contributions in furthering the audio and musical arts with the SPEC RSA-M3 EX Real Sound Amplifier !