Does the Rogue Cronus Magnum III have any real competition in its same price point of $3k?

FWIW,  I replaced a 100wpc Rogue Sphinx with a 20wpc Raven Blackhawk, and the Blackhawk plays as loudly with the volume at 10-11 o'clock as the Rogue did.  

i was just reading the "stuff" on the raven website.  they're claiming their 20wpc amps are the equivalent of a high quality 100wpc solid state amp.  that's quite the claim.

In my experience it is. (driving Von Schweikert VR-33's which have a 90db sensitivity)   

I've used two pair of speakers with the Raven Blackhawk LE, Nola Boxer S1s that are 90 dB and currently the Reference 3A di Capo i. The di Capos are advertised as being 92 dB but SoundStage measured them at 89 dB.

The Raven will easily drive either to louder levels than I would ever want in my living room. 

shtinkydog -- Yes, 20 watts per channel is more than enough. I didn't miss anything about the Rogue. It's a fine amp but just not quite as good as a couple other tube amps I've had and I found the way the bias adjustments were implemented to be sorta fiddly. In comparison, having well-implemented auto-bias on the Raven is nice.