Rogue Audio. Reliability issues? Anyone?


I recently have been loving an Atlas Magnum power amplifier. I had a tube go bad, a fuse blow, and now red-plating. All of this could be related. But I am trying to decide if I want to pay shipping both ways ($90 each way), pay Rogue’s $175 bench fee (minimum) and then spend ungodly amounts on tubes that are hard to find.

I have friends, two to be exact, inform me that Rogue is notorious for this crap and their amplifiers are money pits. Is this normal tube stuff? Should I go for it or cut my losses and buy something else. I really love the way it sounds amd I really want to love Rogue. 

128x128nickrobotron

It sounds like a bad tube took out some other stuff. It happens. Running tubes takes more work and money than solid state. You'll have to decide if it's worth it but $175, bad tube replacement, and shipping doesn't sound that bad to me. 

Check your plate voltage.  Is it autobias?  if not, confirm your bias current by calculating the plate dissipation with P=IV,

Jerry