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

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.

I am reading a book about a guy that really got into audio… he fell in love with tube amps and splurged and bought a good one… Atmosphere. He got some highly touted NOS tubes for it. The amplifier arrived… he did not even try the stock tubes.

He turned it on and a few seconds after turning on and starting the music there was a flash and smoke rises… one channel was dead. He turned it off. Obviously he called the manufacturer, they were nice… recommended he take it to a shop… fortunately it was fixed in a couple weeks… there is a resistor put in to prevent the whole unit from melting down. But no. He researched and found out why those tubes and that amp were a no-no.