Rogue Audio. Reliability issues? Anyone?

I had a rogue integrated and one of the boards inside was bad from the get-go. On the positive side, they got back to me promptly over the phone and sent me a board so I could replace it myself. Worked good after that.

box it up and send it to me for repair and upgrades.

Happy Listening.

What I will say in addition to really liking my first foray into tubes with a Cronus Magnum II, is that I experienced my first fried tube, I got someone on the phone the first try at Rogue, and they didn’t want to sell me a power tube until they walked me through how to make sure nothing else was damaged.  I think I was on the phone with them 2 or three times in an hour or so, and was confident replacing the fried tube would be the cure.  

Great people who will get further business from me.

@Robotron I think it’s just bad luck, I doubt you’ll have issues going forward, if there was a design issue w the amp it would be common knowledge by now. I hope things go smoothly after you get the amp back, the sound is worth it.

Regarding power tubes, as others have said, no need to match if you have some form of bias adjustment. I actually just went back to the stock KT88s that came w my Willsenton R8 to preserve the life of my Golden Lions now that they are so much more expensive, and I can’t really say I notice a difference. And one of my original tubes is different because it was a replacement they sent me after one of them arrived with noise issues, so I know for sure I don’t have a matched set. In fact the internals look slightly different then the other KT88s. Lol it’s stamped KT88 but for all I know it could be a 6550. Sounds great though and it’s been about two weeks since the swap.

Well here is an option,

Pull the cover and look for any obvious burned resistors.

Find one replace it. Chances are thats all it is.

I had a M120 pair like an idiot-- I put in a tube without a Centering pin

Roasted 3 resistors,

I called rogue service told them Didn't feel like shipping it across the country, Serviced said look for any obvious burnt parts, I found 2 resistors replaced them and works fine. Took 10 minutes. Maybe not an option.

Alos might be time to look at a Class D replacement.

Good luck. Rogue has Great service. Have had 6 amps of theirs.

Running Apollos now.