Anyone own one of these preamps ?

Just bought a rogue rp-1, the 1st version, because I got a good deal on it. Comes later today. Bought it because it received very positive reviews and I think it will sound good with my class D nad amps thst are bridged. Has all the inputs I would need, except balanced. My other preamps are the schiit kara f and a vintage Rotel rc 995. The 995 i picked up for 200 bucks, it is mint. So for now, I think i got enough preamps to keep me busy for a while. All this is in a second system, I typically run my class A sugden A21se with my tannoys. 

" apparently you have never held a metal remote in your hand. It completely changes the way the sound expresses itself. Hopefully one day you can experience this joyous sound effect."

@gkelly ,

Tell me your joking.

I had the LA4 and I thought it was pretty good, but in the end it was a bit on the sterile side of things. Swapped it for a Pass XP-12, which I preferred.

The remote for the Benchmark was one of the best I have used, metal, hand size, and excellent control of volume. So it’s got that going for it.

I briefly owned the LA-4 and agree completely with @zlone  This preamp is very detailed and clean, but sterile and uninvolving. Didn't hang around long.

An added note:  the RP-9 comes with a hefty metal remote that allows you to alter the balance of the two channels, in addition to other functions.  I have owned the RP-1, RP-7 v1, and now the RP-9 v2 and have never had an issue with channel balance with any of the preamps.

 Also, the folks at Rogue Audio are very responsive to questions.  We had a “power flutter” here—the power going off and on several times in a few seconds—and then my RP-9 would not turn on.  A call to Rogue got me up and running again with zero issues in less than a minute; I simply had to cycle the master on-off switch h on the back of the unit.  The front on/off switch simply puts the unit in the standby mode, and the RP-9 needed to be restarted.