Not for me! I've heard the VAC in my house and it was the best tube amp experience ever. Full, rich, fast, fast/punchy bass, detailed with just the right amount of midrange bloom and damn it, soooooo musical. VAC (the company) is also 5 minutes from my house. One caveat: I'm not as impressed with the VAC preamps as I am with the amps.
I'm sure the Rogers is a great amp and I like its power rating. I would love to hear it. But I've heard many people haul out there "VAC killers" - and the VAC squashed them all. Wasn't close. I spoke to a few tube manufacturers at RMAF....I found it funny when they said "we tried to get our amp to sound as close to VAC as possible." Ha!
Kevin at VAC has a great ear. He voices every piece that leaves the shop. They don't spend a lot of money on marketing, they don't have 10,000 dealers, they aren't sold in BestBuy, but if someone is looking for a terrific sounding tube amp, hand built by a master craftsman with years and years of experience - VAC is it.
YMMV.
