ROGUE AUDIO 88 AMP

Had to go buy a Craftsman screw driver just to get the tiny screws off the cover. I'll let you know.

Gee David, that's not a deal. That's what they are brand new from Parts Connection. I would have bought a used one if I'd found one for under $550, and a used one with full upgrades for under $700. So far, the Rogue is amazing in the midrange, but somewhat lackluster in the very bottom and top octaves. I wasn't expecting that at all.....duhhh....just kidding! I guess I have quite a while before it's even burned in, but...The thing runs hotter than I thought it would, and smells like a new toaster oven. I'm gonna have to run it outdoors, to keep my airconditioning bill under $2000 this month!! And this was NOT in triode, and only fractions of a watt output (everyone was asleep at the time). I still can't believe the midrange, though. It wasn't just more "musical", it was just more resolution, with images extremely distinct and more dyanmically vital, more real, and with zero "electronic character". I've heard other tube amps in other systems, but this one beats all of them easily, in my system/room anyway. And this is with like 3 hours burn in. I could kick myself for not trying a tube amp like this one with the little Maggies before now, especially since I've had them for 4 years! The midrange is EXACTLY what they've been needing all this time. More later...

I won't go that far, but it is surely the best buy for an amp of "adequate" power ouput. I'm trying many different cables with mine. What do you like with yours, Tm12?

Chris at Audio Gallery in Sacramento, $995 for BRAND NEW Model 88's. Jump on em, you won't be sorry! Yes, it has barely enough power (enough just the same), and since I still have my Krell, I have the best of both (that I can afford, anyway) to chose between. I didn't need to spend as much time as before, being tempted to listen to rock music at earsplitting levels anyway....Now, if I could find the right interconnects, I'd be done...

None of my speakers have bi-wire connection, and it's not something that interests me too much for my speaker projects. I believe in passive crossover networks, at least the ones that aren't built to a price point. I'm with most of the big time reviewers on this. Active crossovers have their advantages, but they are another active circuit at line level. It's still a filter, being at line level doesn't inherently make it more transparent overall...just saves a few watts (of speaker level power) over the passive ones. It seems to me that those who are so concerned about crossover networks should just listen to fullrange esl's or Lowthers, or some other speaker or headphone that doesn't use filter networks......................I could be wrong on this, but why is it that every time I read a review where they've put a tube amp on the high range, and an ss on the low range, that they prefer it all on the same amp instead? They usually say the difference in character is obvious.........Anyway, I didn't get the Rogue to have that option, I got it so I could either use it, or the Krell. I like having both, and enjoy both...........In TAS, Robert Harley had the little Krell I have when he did the Avalon Opus review, and he hinted that it was very good, considering it only costed ONE TENTH what his Reference 600's cost. I've always thought he was the wisest one in the bunch....