Rogue audio Kronos or parasound halo 2.1

[avanti1960]

If the OP whats tubes, the Rogue. If he wants SS then Parasound. It is that easy. Parasound designs nice equipment. I really am enjoying the Parasound P5 pre-amp I have.

I have heard the Rogue and wasn't impressed. Just me maybe.

come on over (if you're ever in chicago). we'll change that

 

[roadie1]

I recently bought a Rogue Cronos Magnum II. The quality of assembly looked impeccable, but one transformer had a hum that could be heard from 10 feet away when there was no input. I also found that instruments that normally had a nice bite (electric guitars, trumpets, etc.), were irritating/harsh on this sample. Finally, while it had a nice sense of separation of voices and instruments spatially, I often got the sense of them not playing together (PRAT? I hate that term). I probably had a bad sample because it gets glowing

That seems to be the trend. Some get hiss and others don't. What you describe is exactly what mine did although mine wasn't a Magnum. I called the owner of the company and explained the situation, he said that the problem sounded like the center AU7 was bad and that he would send me a "known" good one. He sent me a copy of the first and it didn't change anything.

Some days you get the bear and some days it gets you.

...r1

 

[Jeff K]

That seems to be the trend. Some get hiss and others don't. What you describe is exactly what mine did although mine wasn't a Magnum. I called the owner of the company and explained the situation, he said that the problem sounded like the center AU7 was bad and that he would send me a "known" good one. He sent me a copy of the first and it didn't change anything.

Some days you get the bear and some days it gets you.

...r1

Weird. When I called Rogue, the person I spoke with said it sounded like I was getting DC through my AC line. I bought a DC filter/ line conditioner from Emotiva, but it made no difference. Sent the filter back, too.

BTW, Needle Doctor was great! They paid return shipping on the Rogue. I didn’t lose a dime.