Rogue Tempest II magnum or Cronus Magnum for VR-33

I have had the Tempest II Magnum and now have a Cronus Magnum. The Cronus is as you describe. The Tempest is a bit thinner. I forgot the name of the guy I talked to at Rogue (it wasn't Mark) when I was thinking about buying the Cronus. He said the Tempest is probably the most solid state sounding amp they build, and that they sell far more Cronus' than Tempests. The one redeeming thing to my tastes about the Tempest was its passive preamp. There was more incremental volume adjustment to it. The remote on the Cronus makes far too big a jump each time the button is pushed. I just turn it manually. Whatever model you choose, one thing is certain, you won't find better customer service than Rogue- maybe some are as good, but none better.

Thanks for chiming in Valinar. I suspected I might lose in terms of body with the tempests and its passive pre, but it sounds like while it may be a great integrated, it could be a departure from what I am after.

I pretty much committed to buying a tempest, so it may be a learning experience. Not too big a deal I suspect as they seem very liquid on the use market.

I will keep my eyes peeled for a Cronus still...

Dont buy it, I had a Tempest II and my Modded Dynaco kicked its ass....and compare 90 watts/per to 35. I was using Spendor SP1/2e speakers at the time with a bottlehead preamp (300 used) I pd 1200 for the tempest and sold in 1 month after trying multiple tube sets.

Just my actual experience

Regards

I've owned a Tempest II Magnum for over 2 years and have not once thought about replacing it.