Rogue Audio makes some nice equipment that sounds really good. It is made here in the fledgling USA. It has excellent customer service based on living and working here. No one can say it doesn't have very good parts and build quality, and it's all done here.
Nothing against ASL per se but I agree with the assessment they made in more than one review about reliability, not to mention I have never been impressed with much of their products in person, either. I can't speak of this model's sound quality but it seems unlikely that the ASL is necessarily better sounding, even if prices or some other factor(s)? are there? could lead you to believe it.?. It is made by americas #1 international competitor who, quite frankly, doesn't even "play fair", namely China. Do you really wanna buy...?
Rogue has been making very fine AMERICAN equipment for a long time and has earned consumer trust repeatedly over those years.Those KT 88's or 120's sound darn good too.
If you're collecting "votes", my 2 cents says Rogue by a landslide.
Good luck with your system.
Nothing against ASL per se but I agree with the assessment they made in more than one review about reliability, not to mention I have never been impressed with much of their products in person, either. I can't speak of this model's sound quality but it seems unlikely that the ASL is necessarily better sounding, even if prices or some other factor(s)? are there? could lead you to believe it.?. It is made by americas #1 international competitor who, quite frankly, doesn't even "play fair", namely China. Do you really wanna buy...?
Rogue has been making very fine AMERICAN equipment for a long time and has earned consumer trust repeatedly over those years.Those KT 88's or 120's sound darn good too.
If you're collecting "votes", my 2 cents says Rogue by a landslide.
Good luck with your system.