Rogue Audio Sphinx

[Bunky]

After eyeballing the AC thread on this Class D tube front end integrated I decided to order one in black with a remote out of sheer curiosity. it uses 12AU7's in the preamp section.

[Carlman]

So, is this up and running? How's it sound?
The best I've heard from RA is their 120 monoblocks... that was years ago.. and their preamps were not-so-great to my ear.
What's the basic specs?

[rollo]

  Cool. I likey tubes and class "D". I guess the tube is in the preamp side ? One never knows until one tries, hope it works out for you.


charles

[Bunky]

So, is this up and running? How's it sound?
The best I've heard from RA is their 120 monoblocks... that was years ago.. and their preamps were not-so-great to my ear.
What's the basic specs?

Yeah Carl, I have been running it for a month straight.it came with JJ ECC802's in the front end  and I rolled in a pair of A grade Psvane 12AU7-T.the preamp section of the Sphinx sounds very detailed with a taut bottom end and a smooth ever so slightly warm side of neutral midrange presentation. the top end is clean and clear and matches well with my Dynaudio Esotar tweeters. the specs are 100 wpc @ 8 0hms with a dampening factor of 1000.

[Carlman]

Cool! Thanks.

[rollo]

Great news Bunky. Those Dyna tweeters are tough on amps, they expose all good and bad. . Good to hear. Enjoy !!!


charles