ROGUE "Zues" Power amplifer???? Anyone???

I have had the pleasure of listening to it twice and rather enjoyed its sound - lots of power.. not as delicate as some other more expensive tube amps .. but I would say its a great value and well worth the audition !

Matt

Mine arrived yesterday. I listened to it for about six hours. So far, amazing. Great highs (sparkling, actually) and palpable presence in the mids on vocals. Bass is all I need. I'll keep the first impressions to that, since I this is far from broken in and my listening session came after lugging this beast up the stairs.

It is driving Thiel CS 2.3s and I was worried tubes would not work. They have so far. I have the Magnum 99 preamp with NOS Sylvanias from Rogue. Source is the Arcam FMJ with all Cardas Golden Reference interconnects and Neutral Reference speaker cables.

$1699 verse $5500 HUMMMMM. Have you looked inside that $5500 AMP. My point is ARC is a poor value & I tried a lot of their amps 7 or 8 of them, and I wanted to like them but most of them were to analytical for me. (can you say Minn white)This is just my 2 cents on the ARC. The rogue was just more musical & that was the $1500 ROGUE 88.

I have had some extended listening time at my friends shop (some weeks worth of listening). The Zeus is a powerful-sounding amp with good (though not great) delicacy in the highs. It has a slightly dry but none-the-less emotional midrange. The Rogues does female voice and jazz very well; it also can rock out! Very easy to listen to. Gobs of impact on the bass. Nice image. I spent many a pleasant day listening to music through that amp.

The ARC amps, IMO, seem to concentrate on the highs and low-level details to the detriment of the low mids (for some peoples taste). The Rogue seems to pay more attention to the mids and below, while still being quite competent on the highs.

The Zeus uses 6 output tubes per channel meaning that, at 225 watts, the tubes are being run on the hot side. I don't know how this effects tube longevity on this amp, but all else being equal, this usually leads to shorter tube life. Check with the factory.

Dose the Zues relly weigh 200lbs "WOW" I may have to call Mark at rogue. RP can you expand the bass please