My recent rogue audio upgrade praise.

I just Wanted to take a second to give my thoughts on my recent upgrade from the rogue sphinx 3 to the coronas magnum II. I was hesitant to upgrade having just bought the Sphinx a year ago but just really had the itch for the CM. Well recently found a CM2 in great shape for $1350 which I felt was a fair price and bought it unheard. Just hooked it up with my KEF LS50’s and KEF sub and while I really enjoy and recommend my Sphinx it’s hard to describe just how much better at least to me this actually sounds. The depth of the music and increased base and clarity is just something else. I’m super pumped about this amp and maybe eventually will try tube rolling but for now it’s exceptional as is. Anyway, I’m sure it has been discussed before but I’m just really impressed with the products Rogue are putting out for the money especially this one.

cheers,

Justin

 

Glad you are enjoying your upgrade

 

Yeah the CMII is a big step up from the Sphinx.

 

congrats! owned a CM II for a few years and know exactly what you mean!
A giant value.

 

Welcome to the board. I'm sure Rogue appreciates the praise / press.

 

Thanks all. What else I find interesting is how much better my sub operates. It’s definitely louder and more pronounced than with the Sphinx which is interesting because the Sphinx had the same power if I’m not mistaken.

 

Congratulations on your new Cronus Mag II, one of Audios best values, bar none

 

More power on paper but strains under any remotely tough load.

 

If you're rolling tubes, you really only have to roll the center preamp tube. So it's a pretty cheap upgrade, even with experimentation. I bought a number of different well tested used tubes rather than spending money on NOS. I ended up using an RCA Cleartop. I just filled out the sound I though my system was lacking. It have the sound some punch where it needed. I'm not suggesting that this tube will work for you. But, you can just roll in different tubes as you like. Since it's just one tube, you don't have to mess around with matched sets. Just buy different ones that you find at inexpensive prices then roll them to see if you like the results. I didn't spend more than $100 on tubes.

 

@Justinjtm congrats on the new amp! I bet it sounds killer with your LS50s.

I was close to buying a new CMIII a couple months ago, but as with many things these days there is a backlog. So I went another direction, but stilll would like to check it out someday.

 

Congrats

 

Congrats on the new amp. I really enjoyed a Sphinx I for a few years - I was all set to upgrade to a CM this year. I ended up ordering a Raven (which I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of) but it was a tough choice, I'm sure I would have been fine with the CM...

Enjoy it!

 

I've always heard good reports on the CM.

 

Rogue is a high quality American company that begs the cliche' "punches way above its cost". I have a Rogue RP7 and Stereo 100 and am very satisfied. Rolling tubes is so much fun too. If you can get your hands on an Amperex 7316 in that 12AU7 slot... wow.