What have YOU got?

Yes, it has the KT-88's. I'm paying $950, plus shipping, but this unit has never even been assembled, brand new. Yes, please try the Lo4. I feel that the Ruby 2's output is so low, that few phono preamps are quiet enough for it. I know there are those with much lower ouptut than it, but you'd REALLY need a quiet phono stage for those! The Lo4's is just right (.85 mv), and the thing is just...effortless music!

Carl,you got a great deal on the 88.Mario's 88 demo is the old unit.Mark added heavier face plate to the "new"88's,plus you will have fresh tubes.Demos are cheaper but who knows really what they have been through in the store.My 99 I bought brand new for $1425.00 plus my Black Cube.($2400.00) I only paid $500 for the cube so I think I got a good deal.Mario threw in the NOS tubes in the line stage also.Extra 60 bucks value@ no extra charge.Its fun to experiment with tubes.The KT-88 tubes you have are keepers.The 12AX7s and 12AU7s in the 88 you may want to roll.I have those tube in my phono stage.I got rid of the sovtek 12AX7 LPS(too noisy) I got Telefunkins that made a HUGE improvement.The 2 12AU7s that came with the Rogue are NOS military grade Jan Phillips.They are decent NOS's! But on the advice of Kevin Deal I replaced them with Radiotechniques.If you want to try the NOS 12Au7 Phillips I will send them to you.If you like them you can have them as a welcoming gift into tubeland.Whats the deal on the TAS review.You mentioned the review was not that great(?) I am considering auditioning the 88 demo from Mario and your purchase of one and future review has me excited.You should start a thread for it.

Thanks, everyone. Keep them comming! No women out there? Don't know what you're missing! Here's what I have: JmLabs Electra 905, crossed over with a mirage BPSS-210 sub and LFX-2 crossover; Aragon Aurum pre, Aragon 8002 amp. Classe DAC-1, with an older EAD T-1000 transport. Interconnects are Delta Labs Silver Reference. Speaker cable is MITerminator-2, for which I'm still looking for a suitable replacement. Power cords are all from Gutwire. Surge protector is a Panamx 1000(not for amp). I might change the speakers to Mini Utopias when I move later this summer. Not sure it's worth it yet, or that the wife will let me("they cost how much? Are you crazy?") I think that's about it... keep it comming!

Of course I'll start a thread for the 88, goes without saying! Thanks for the offer very much, David, I may take you up on it. The deal on the 88 review was, the guy was an amateur, and didn't belong in TAS! DA GONE IT, I should review equipment someday!!! I need to get paid for it...I mean, I can hear (I love music/audio) and am reasonably verbally inclined (and can type), so I hate to see somebody NOT do justice to a review. It's like when you're driving fast in the left lane, and some doogong gingerly slides in front of ya, without even lookig in the rearview mirror!.............................A great many of us here in this forum are better at reviewing than most of 'em on the online "webzines", too! And some of us think we're as good as some of the best, sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly..............BTW, NONE of the "best reviewers" are regularly published by any of the "webzines", that I'm aware of, IMHO. Although some have started their own, like Wes Phillips....

Carl,After I read you were looking for a S.F.ST-80 I checked around and contacted Mario...914-421-0069 He said they are a very good amp but rarely got one in.Well yesterday he E-mailed me and he just yesterday got one in along with a line 2.He said "around" $1500.00 for the ST-80 but that usually means 12 or 13 hundred.Personally I think the Rogue is a better deal.Im sure you will just love a tube amp.Of course you wont have the wallop and detail of your Krell but you will have something better,MUSIC!!!! Theres a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold...............