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Rogue Audio two new integrateds Great or Same old?

Rogue has recently introduced two new integrated amps. The "Sphinx" which is 100RMS and a hybrid amp with a phono stage. This sells for $1395 including a cheap looking remote. The "Pharoah" is the other and is 175RMS with phono stage, but may be all tubes Rogue is now shipping to dealers and retail is $3495. Rogue has definitely gone Egyptian!!

Has anyone heard either integrated amp?? If so, what my the Pharoah worth almost 3X more than the little brother.Seems to have few features like an I-pod input and theater bypass, etc, that jack the price at least $500. Therefore I think the price point is wrong. $2795 seems more reasonable and competitive with products like the Creek Destiny II $2795) and Krell S300i($2500) and the new Musical Fidelity IA's.... Thanks, Jimmy
sunnyjim

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donjr
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Chrissain, how hot does the Pharaoh run? How do you like it so far.
donjr
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The Pharaoh is also a hybrid tube and class d design. I'd love to hear it. It has to be special or Mark wouldn't let it out the door.
donjr
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Jim, the M180's are Rogue mono blocks based on the KT90 tube. I'll let Chrissain elaborate for you. I'm a Cronus Magnum owner so that's the extent of my knowledge on them.

Chrissain, I'm with Sunnyjim. Please keep us posted. I'm very interested in the Pharaoh. I haven't read a single review yet and it's not for a lack of trying. Also if you could let us know how cool it runs I'd appreciate that information as well. Congratulations and have fun.
donjr
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The Cronus Magnum is a fantastic integrated and its actually quite amazing how good it sounds considering its price. With my Harbeth C7ES3's it's a bit on the warm side of neutral. The sound stage is fairly wide. I sit off axis and its not a problem at all but then I'm not a critical listener. What I mean by that is my rig doesn't do anything that offends my hearing ever.

I had new Rotel separates before the Rogue and I couldn't stand more than 20 minutes with the shrill horrible noise. That system was the reason for the Cronus. The build quality is very good but its not audio jewelry. I'm hoping Goldprintaudio chimes in here because I'm not good at this and he or she is a Rogue dealer for a reason.
donjr
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Thanks Goldprintaudio. Is Rogue offering the Pharaoh at an introductory price?
donjr
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Goldprintaudio, I was wondering how the Pharaoh is doing. Can you give us some more impressions?
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