Rogue Audio. Reliability issues? Anyone?

owned a cronus mag 2 for 3 years, an RH5 preamp, RP7 preamp and Stereo 100 power amp.  the only issue i had was a slight delay in the startup of the 100, fixed quickly by the dealer tech.  

@wolf_garcia  I've had the same experience as you, the tube equipment is more reliable than the solid state equipment I've owned.

I stuck a set of 4 NOS matched GE 6SN7GTB tubes in my original version Schiit Freya preamp (note that it’s the model that keeps the tubes on when you switch to one of the two "passive modes" which I only do to hear if the tubes are working properly, a handy feature) and they’ve worked perfectly and haven’t required replacement for maybe 4 years or more. I have unused original box GE replacements for them that sound exactly the same that are waiting in the wings for their big moment, along with Sylvania "chrome domes," new Tung Sols, whatever the original Russian tubes are that the thing shipped with, a few Amperex, etc. Part of the reason is my Dennis Had Firebottle SEP power amp also uses a single 6SN7GTB so I’ve collected a pile of ’em, even though I now mostly use the brilliant Pass XA-25 amp (I do swap in the Had amp from time to time when I feel it needs to get off the shelf, and it always sounds fabulous). Also I have a couple of cool all tube guitar amps (one is tube rectified and single ended) and I pretty much don't even think about their tubes...they simply work.

I’ve had an Atlas for years- never a problem. A bad output tube can cause a resistor to blow in any tube amp. Ive had problems with Sovtek EL84’s in other amps.

Thanks everybody! This has been a good read.

To the point of affordability of tubes; It’s not about money exclusively. It’s the time they take. I mean, when I get this amp back and throw some tubes in it, is it just going to fail again and blow something else in the amp? And then it’s gone for another two weeks and $475 out on the shipping and repair bill, plus a tube.

If it’s a blind gamble (on a not so cheap part) whether or not it won’t screw something up in your amp, that’s getting into “stupid” territory. Am I misunderstanding the situation? A perfectly functioning amp can be damaged by tube failure? And tube failure is random and not so uncommon?

I’m new to this and I haven’t built a level of trust with tubes so far, but I absolutely love the sound. I guess if I get burned again, I’ll go back to Solid State and donate $500 to starving children every sixth months. That’s better than having holographic sound on and off throughout the year.