Rogue 66 magnum tube rolling???

Hi Matt,

I made many changes to my componetry lately. The Parasound &
Sunfire TGII were replaced by an Arcam AVR300. I also have a couple of GT-40 tube amps as well.

The main problem I had with the TGII was that there wasn't any analog pass thru mode. Everything was digitized 1st.

Useing the Rogue strictly as a preamp for the GT-40's sounds unbelievable. Possibly better than the Arcam/Gt-40 combo and significantly better than the TGII/parasound. In all fairness to the TGII (which I still think is a great pre/pro), I never hooked the tube amps up to it.

My AVR300 is still breaking in. However, this thing is dead quiet. I'm not sure that it has the same soundstaging and air as the tube based rogue though. I'm very impressed with the AVR300 so far. Hopefully it just gets better.

My suggestion would be to ditch the TGII in favor of something that has the latest processing modes and a quality analog passthru such as the avr300.

I also have the Sunfire TGII and am considering a seperate 2 channel pre with HT pass through. Can you please describe the differences you have found between the Sunfire direct and using the Rogue? Thanks

I had a Rogue 99 and found that applying Walker SST to the tube pins totally eliminated any tube hiss. The hiss was completely gone.

Thanks Chazzbo! I have some experiments to run this week including pairing the rogue with another amp. If this fails, I'll try some new tubes. Two AUX7's can't be that much $$$

Hate to say it but kevin Deal at Upscale get's so much of market (has very good testing machine and you don't have to worry about phonies) but his prices aren't a give away and phone manner sucks.but he has heard the match ups and will point you to Mazda's or Buggle Boys' or tellfunkens based on the equipment.Not that I would get in touch with other stores (www.the tubestore.com etc) before I bought.
Chazzbo