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In Reply to: RE: Rogue Pharaoh posted by Mick Wolfe on November 07, 2015 at 08:26:54
I had the "hybrid Class D" Medusa in my system for a couple months before I sold it. I kept my Cronus Magnum KT120 integrated amp.
I owned a couple all vacuum tube Rogue products like the Cronus Magnum Integrated Amp, Stereo 90 Super Magnum Amp, Ares Phono Preamp, all wonderful sounding products.
After reading all the "hybrid Class D" media hyped reviews including interviews with the Rogue founder / designer, I decided to try the Rogue Medusa. It uses a combination of Hypex UcD modules, vacuum tubes, and some Rogue 'tweaks'.
As much as I love Rogue, the company, the people, superb support, made in America, great value bang for the buck, etc., I thought the Medusa was total DUD. It was worse sounding to me than some 'straight generic' Class D amps.
The Medusa was veiled, compressed, rolled off, and pretty bad, IMHO. Sold it within a couple months but kept my Cronus Magnum.
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Yes, I wonder what they might have done to the Pharaoh to make it better with the same technology, if that's possible.
The Medusa is "hybrid Class D" as is the Pharaoh but I have not heard the Pharaoh. There's a possibility that they changed things up and improved it. If you can audition it first, or have the option of returning it, that would be ideal.
Sorry if I sound so negative on the Medusa. It might be a personal preference thing and I just didn't care for it much.
I definitely appreciate your thoughts on it Abe. I know what a huge Rogue fan you are, as am I. On a side note, have you ever tried using a sub with the Cronus?
No, I have not tried a subwoofer with the Rogue.
I'm in a rather small home office with floor standing speakers with 8" drivers and haven't found the need to try a subwoofer. I also ran the Rogue in a larger room on my larger Thiel CS2.4.
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