OP: I see you want balance and tone controls. Why tone controls? Less noisy—have you checked the tubes of the Rogue?
I have not heard of the preamp that checks all of your boxes. Seems like you want group validation to dump the Rogue to get the Parasound item.
I have allergy issues where one of my ears is partly plugged throughout the year. While it’s not horrible, being able to slightly adjust the balance from a remote or front panel would be nice and would make a difference. I can do it on the A21 but it’s not fun reaching behind the amp to make adjustments occasionally. I do like having tone controls and making small adjustments depending on the source, I know its blasphemy on here but I don’t really care. Getting the Parks Puffin recently really opened my eyes to this.
I have tried tube rolling the Rogue, and the noise is still constant. I don’t want spend $300 in shipping and bench time for them to tell me nothing is wrong.