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Rogue Audio DragoN monoblock power amplifier Associated Equipment

Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment

Analog sources: Thorens TD 125 MKII turntable; Jelco TS-550S tonearm; Zu/Denon DL-103 and stock Denon DL-103 MC cartridges; Auditorium 23 step-up transformer.
Digital sources: Oppo BDP-83 universal player; Denafrips Ares II DAC, iFi Zen Stream.
Preamplifiers: Linear Tube Audio microZOTL, Parasound Zphono MM/MC phono preamplifier.
Power amplifiers: Linear Tube Audio ZOTL40 Reference+.
Loudspeakers: ESS Transtatic I.
Cables: Interconnects: Auditorium 23, AudioQuest Black Mamba II, Kimber Kable Hero (XLR). Speaker: AudioQuest Rocket 44. Power: AudioQuest NRG-Z and Y.
Power conditioning: AudioQuest Niagara 1200 power conditioner (2), PS Audio PowerPort Classic outlet; PS Audio Noise Harvester.—Jason Davis

COMPANY INFO
Rogue Audio, Inc.
545 Jenna Dr.
Brodheadsville
PA 18322
info@rogueaudio.com
(570) 992-9901
rogueaudio.com
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georgehifi's picture
Submitted by georgehifi on February 14, 2024 - 1:45pm

First off I like Rogue and had way back a pair of M120/180's
I have two mono blocks with Hypex NC500 and massive linear supply, they sound great into the right speakers (benign 4ohm load), but to put a tube stage in front to add all that 2nd harmonic distortion I just can't see why. Unless to make something in the system that sounds hard/harsh soft???
This observation says it all in a polite way. "The presentation was thicker and lusher than I'd previously heard"

And as I think it has a opamp buffers after the tubes in the stereo to drive the low 2kohm input impedance NC500 with https://shorturl.at/drwEP
Monoblock https://ibb.co/gZPb3gC
Cheers George

rschryer's picture
Submitted by rschryer on February 15, 2024 - 3:14pm

It's a pleasure to meet you. Welcome aboard.

13stoploss's picture
Submitted by 13stoploss on March 20, 2024 - 12:12pm

Thank you!

avanti1960's picture
Submitted by avanti1960 on February 19, 2024 - 1:46pm

Magnepan LRS+. The sound was natural, ultra smooth and refined, powerful and with life like vocals. Excellent amp to speaker synergy. Memorable system.

Glotz's picture
Submitted by Glotz on February 21, 2024 - 3:51pm

Thanks for input. Helpful to get what others heard for themselves. I may look to this amp for my 1.7i's.

hiendmmoe's picture
Submitted by hiendmmoe on February 22, 2024 - 5:22pm

I heard these amps and was more impressed than this reviewer seems to be.
They touch me in away some much more expensive amplifiers haven’t been able too.

MikeSTL's picture
Submitted by MikeSTL on April 21, 2024 - 1:14pm

“Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)” from Bloody Kisses Is an amazing recording. It should serve as a reminder that contemporary music of all types can be well recorded. This song definitely does not fit into my preferred listening music, but I alway happy to get new track recommendations. Too often reviewers here are testing equipment on tracks that were recorded sixty or more years ago. Let it go! I wish other reviewers were as willing to find new standards from the last decade or two.

Killing For Company's picture
Submitted by Killing For Company on May 25, 2024 - 10:42am

I have to say- I VERY much appreciated reading a hi-fi review that covered music that I will actually play through my system. Type O, Portishead, Agalloch - THANK YOU. At best I usually am left trying to interpret or translate when reading hi-fi reviews. This was a breath of fresh air as a younger and aspiring audiophile who first started as a physical media collector.

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