Rouge Audio RP-7

So they acknowledged that the noise/hiss wasn't normal and fixed it? How long have you had it before things started going wrong? Yeah...I had an assumption it'd sound more ss. Seems like hybrids are a little gimmicky...where there's this implication that you will be getting the best of both worlds.  

Yes. The hiss/noise was super loud from the start. I purchased a new pair of JJ tubes and the same thing. My amp at the time had super high gain (34 db) so I thought that I needed to lower the gain on the pre output side. I purchased a pair of Harrison labs Attenuators (12 DB I believe) and noise and hiss was still loud. Then, one day I turned the pre on and the display would not come on, but the button lights did work and the pre worked as well. I contacted Rogue who had me send it in. They replaced the display module and some time of input or output board. When it returned the noise was gone and the tube hiss was normal (I then purchased a Schiit passive pre) to lower the hiss until I got an amp with lower gain (Firstwatt J-2). After all that no issues. The Rogues are fine equipment and the company addressed everything with no hassle. 

That's Rouge all right!

A Rogue by another name 

I had a RP5 for 15 months and never had any problems with it. I did not like having to remove from my rack and remove top cover to configure the Moving coil phono and change tubes.  I went with NOS Mullard. My preamp was dead quiet, felt the remote was a joke. $3500 for a preamp with a $5.00 remote.  For the price, they should have included a metal remote.  I sold it because I went all in on McIntosh.