Primaluna and Rogue

Sogood, I did not hear the Rogue on my Klipsch speakers, I heard them through a pair of ProAc Studio 140's, through which I have also heard my amp. The Rogue's have much more power than I need to drive my Cornwall 2's, for sure (so do the PrimaLuna's for that matter), but then, I can drive them with almost anything I want, that's not really an issue for me. And either amp should drive all of the speakers Hawk is considering just fine. I haven't heard the Focals or the Alon, but the Sonus Faber's are very nice. Personally, I would make the speaker choice first, though - the speaker will have the greatest effect on the sound of your system. If you don't like the sound of them, it doesn't matter what you drive them with, really. Doing it the other way around is putting the cart before the horse, IMO.

Sorry to jump in like this. Being someone without tubes, would a Rogue Cronus sound brighter than my 12 year old NAD integreated? My NAD doesn't sound bright at all, but would the Rogue be bright in comparison?

No, Don, the Rogue would probably not sound bright in comparison to the NAD. Those NAD's are not bad little amps, my brother has one of their integrateds.

Thanks Learsfool. I love my NAD to death. It's actually the only amp I've even had that I will always hold onto and service because it's a great back up. I have a Rogue Cronus Magnum coming from Agon and I'm psyching myself up for it.

Donjr

I'll be very surprised if you don't find the Cronus Magnum to be a big step up in every area of music playback from the NAD....even the bass reproduction.

Dave