Has anyone compared Rogue RP-7 to Cary SLP05 and / or Audio Research Ref 5se?

I have an UK Amperex (so I understand that it is a Mullard that was manufactured for Amperex) 5AR4 as a rectifier tube right now (but I don't know if it would be a F31 or f32), but I still have a couple more to try out. This isn’t a bitch, but Cary could have put an access panel in the side of the power supply to make things easier.

I have been going back & forth with some RCA black glass VT 231s and a pair of vintage Ken Rad 6Sn7s that a very generous person bestowed up on me in the balanced input sockets and both pairs sound fantastic in those positions. I’ve got 4 more of the RCAs in the other sockets (no headphones yet) . . .

and . . .

you are absolutely right--it sounds so much better now than with the stock EHs!

The stock EH tubes are too bright in my setup, but it has a lot of details and nice punchy bass that I really like.   I guess it really depends on your system.   

I recently got some NOS RCA black plates recommended by Brent Jesse at audiotubes.com, and I really like them.  It sounds much warmer than the EH without the bright top end.  But it doesn't have the punchy low end like the EH.

I also just got the Genalax Gold Lion rectifier recommended to me by a couple of members here.  I haven't installed it yet.  I'm hoping it might improve the bass.

Anyway congrats @testrun, and good luck with your new Cary.   Let us know how it goes!

@xcool   good to read that you got your preamp back!

Thanks @immatthewj,  It's been a few weeks already since I got it back.   Not sure if you've seen the update I posted on my Cary thread.   What an ordeal!   

Anyway, so far so good with the unit.   I hope I don't have to send it back again 😀

I missed it.  I'll read it.