Pre-amp Advice

[mep]

Congrats CPP. I hope the Rogue99 brings you long-term listening pleasure.

 

[LL21]

Don't get me wrong..I totally agree with..I'm not into total velvet haze....

I just need to have beauty in the sound.

The sad thing is there are very, very few talented recording engineers
today. In the analog era, it was hard to screw up because tape would add a natural sweetness to the sound..
although there are plenty of horrific analog recordings too..once those first solid state mixing boards and other out
board crap were in fashion.

In many cases, accuracy means unlistenable.

Can you imagine anyone boasting about their totally neutral, accurate, and unlistenable system?

Give me just enough midrange magic and golden hue so I can float on a cloud, but not so much it
obscures important musical cues in the recording.

I got you. Makes sense!

 

[Andre Marc]

Purchased the Rogue99. What a soundstage. The CJ was nice , natural and clear midrange and trebles. But the Rogue just was so much more...

Getting in one for review....quite excited about..I may get a chance to compare to the CJ ET3.

 

[LL21]

Getting in one for review....quite excited about..I may get a chance to compare to the CJ ET3.

Look forward to reading your impressions of both!!!