I don't see this as much of a step up at all. What motivated the change? Are you locked in? Or? What were you trying to achieve? Although they will have different presentations, they're both great-bang-for-the-buck products, but hardly the last word in sophistication or subtlety.
I'm saying the Rogue hybrid amps (Sphinx and Pharaoh) struggle with the lowest octaves. It's as though they have a sharp roll-off under ~40 Hz. I don't know if it has to do with their class D topology, but I haven't experienced this issue with any class AB amps.
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