Rogue versus Peachtree

Hotmailjbc, my listening room is approximately 14' x 22' with 10' ceilings, though I do most of my listening from about 6'-8' away--pretty close to the speakers. I may be moving them to the basement room, though, which is roughly the same size but with 7' ceilings.

I occasionally would like to listen loud, but with a toddler, I rarely get the chance. It'd be nice to have the ability to do so, but sound quality is much more of an issue than volume.

Digitalaudio, I am not married to Class D, but I like their efficiency, and I understand they have become very competitive quality-wise with Class A and A/B amps. I have considered the other Rogues and have peeked at Bel Canto, too. I will take a closer look at both. (Plus, like Magnepan, I like that Bel Canto is a Minnesota company! Born and raised, blah blah blah...insert Vikings joke here.)

Oh, Digitalaudio, one problem with the Medusa is that it is just a power amp, right? For just a tad more than the Medusa, I could get the Peachtree Grand Integrated, which also has a killer DAC AND a pre-amp AND more wattage AND still has the hybrid tube/SS design. For the reasons listed in my original post, I'm probably going to steer away from gobs of seperates.

you are definitley looking at some great gear. for your info i have modified mmgs in a similar sized room as yours with a decco as a pre and a emotiva xpa-2 [500 watts per into 4ohms] many magnepan owners will tell you that you will never regret lots of power..i am into budget gear at this time so i have not listened to the gear you mentioned. the inova only has 80 watts into 6ohms so not much difference in the power dept from what you have in the rega. the grand integrated looks great as do the other amps. at that dollar amount you have many options though. IF, you have room for one more component and a small footprint dac like the hrt or music fidelity possibly ask your local dealer if he has a demo amp you could use for a few nights to see how a good quality, high current amp would work with your rega as a preamp? enjoy the shopping process as you have a great set of speakers and will have many hours of enjoyment ahead of you.

You might want to look at the Wyred 4 Sound integrateds. I am looking at the mINT right now - it has 100 wpc, with built in DAC. It is suppose to be on par with the peachtree gear. They also have a 250 and 500 wpc integrated.

Those Emotivas and W4Ss are also ones I've considered. I'll have another look. I like Hotmailjbc's suggestion of demoing a powerful power amp to see if the extra juice is really worth the upgrade.