Rogers Tube int. Amp

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I've always been a solid state guy, although I've owned a pair of McIntosh MC2301's. Yesterday I listened to a Rogers integrated amp amd a pair of Devore speakers. One of the sweetest sounding setups I've ever heard. Simply wonderful. UGGH... LOL
 
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Rogers High Fidelity EHF-100 Integrated Amplifier Escaping my room to join the performance. Review By Ron Nagle

Commentary
The essential sound reproduction as heard through this amplifier is very hard to convey. This is because the EHF-100 is a mixture of the characteristics I would normally associate with other designs both tube and solid state. The body of the sound is strikingly similar to many of the lush mid range tube qualities you would associate with a Single Ended Tube amplifier. However the sound does share many of the qualities you would normally attribute to the greater power of a tube based push pull amplifier operating in class A/B. This means that you will not be restricted to a relative handful of highly efficient speakers as you would hen using to a SET amplifier. Transient speed and extension is not as comparable to, let us say a big buck Krell amplifier. And while the Bass does go very deep it is not with the same bass control that you can get with a large solid-state amplifier. For me the allure of this amplifier is a quality I hold above all others. It is the expansive capaciousness of a wide open soundscape. It is this quality that enables me to escape the confines of my room and join the performance. Indeed I have placed my speakers about as far apart as I can and still the sound stage is wide and deep and tangibly filled with music. Add to this dimension the organic even order harmonic quality of tubes and you have a formulary for a reality that can suspend disbelief. This is most certainly a tube loving audiophile’s amplifier.
As always, Semper Hi-Fi

Specifications
Type: Vacuum tube stereo integrated amplifier
Frequency Response: 2 Hz to 100 kHz (+/- 1.5dB)
Tube Complement: Two EF86, two 12AX7 and four KT88
Inputs: Four stereo analog
Output: Standard gold-played binding posts
Output Type: Push-Pull, full Class A design
Output Power: 100 Watts (RMS) per channel
Total Harmonic Distortion: < 0.1% at full output
Gain: 30 dB per channel
Input Impedance: 1 Meg Ohm
Output Impedance: 4, 8 or 16 Ohms
Weight: 50 lbs
Price: $3999


Company Information
Rogers High Fidelity
52 Kain Road
Warwick, NY 10990

Voice: (845) 987-7744
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.rogershighfidelity.com
 
I've always been a solid state guy, although I've owned a pair of McIntosh MC2301's. Yesterday I listened to a Rogers integrated amp amd a pair of Devore speakers. One of the sweetest sounding setups I've ever heard. Simply wonderful. UGGH... LOL

Hi Jim,

As good as some solid state is today, there is something wonderful that tubes do to music that is hard to deny. I am glad you liked it.
 
DeVore speakers are great, a little warm and very efficient.

I'm definitely biased here, but I think John's speakers are fantastic if that's the sound you're going for. Pair any of them with a tube amp and that's a little slice of heaven.

There are times that I wish I had a big SS amp and a pair of JBL's to rock the house, but then I just turn on my little amp and life is good!

Jim, any idea which speakers they were?
 
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