I used to have the rogue Cronus magnum II with the kt-120 tubes, wry nice tube amp. Heads up, if you have 4 ohm speakers, make sure you change the internal wire that sets up the rogue to 4 ohm load, it made a huge gain in driving my Usher MD ii’s.
For the Grado cart, I’d use the the internal mm phone preamp of the rogue. Btw: I tubed rolled all the tubes (except the kt-120’s) which improved the SQ.
if you want to use the MC20, get a step up transformer. But im not sure if I would spend the $$$ to use the mc20, I’ve owned both the Grado and the mc20 in the past.
In the end, the rogue just couldn’t control the bottom end (a little wobbly bass) so I went back to SS. For tubes, with the better tubes for the preamp and phone, the rogue is very very good
For the Grado cart, I’d use the the internal mm phone preamp of the rogue. Btw: I tubed rolled all the tubes (except the kt-120’s) which improved the SQ.
if you want to use the MC20, get a step up transformer. But im not sure if I would spend the $$$ to use the mc20, I’ve owned both the Grado and the mc20 in the past.
In the end, the rogue just couldn’t control the bottom end (a little wobbly bass) so I went back to SS. For tubes, with the better tubes for the preamp and phone, the rogue is very very good