Rogue Audio Apollo Dark driving Revel Salon 2 - good match? Any user experience?
Any love for Rogue Audio Apollo Dark monoblocks?
This is more of a casual question. In my research and audition of loudspeakers these past few months, I've also taken note of the brands that dealers use/sell. Even before I considered building a nice two channel rig, I liked Rogue Audio. However, Rogue Audio is noticeably absent. Their top of the line monoblocks, the Apollo Dark, look sexy and ominous, all at the same time. In a conversation with a Rogue representative some time back, he described one of his all time favorite systems as Magnepan 20.7s, driven by the Apollos with a big pair of subs. Anybody here have the Apollo Dark mono amps or have experience with them? Thanks in advance.
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I own a pair of Apollos with some upgrades (almost the same as the Darks). They drove my Evolution Acoustics MM3s very well, lots of clean power. I replaced them with a pair of LR Audio Kronzilla DXLs, BIG improvement in overall sound, but the Rogues are more powerful. It depends on your speakers sensitivity, I guess... |
No experience with these but this brief review seemed very positive: https://www.dagogo.com/2016-ces-day-three/ I do, however, own and enjoy a pair of Manley Labs NEO 250 monoblocks that are more powerful than the Rogues, are also made in the USA (trannies too!) and are 250 Watts into 5 Ohms (10 EL34s per amp). A pair is a couple thousand $ less expensive than the Rogues. Just saying. |