Cayin A 88-T vs Rogue Tempest: Thoughts?


Anyone, having heard BOTH, feel strongly either way?
gthirteen
JOR comes with KT90's, a tube Richard Grew had the highest praise for. I should have listened to his advise.
"100 hours warm up". The KT90's sounded good in the first minute , sound EXACTLY the same , then as now.
I'm not a believer of the breakin idea.
Paul
maybe you should let the tubes warm up for hundred hours or so.

I love the kt-88, however I thought the Orch Ref was '34 or '84 tubes?
I only heard 1 Rogue amp yrs ago, mono block tube. So will not comment. At the moment I'm doing my darn-dest to acuquie a A88 so as to compare with the Jadis OR/KT90 tubes.. This way I have a sense of reference to go by. Hope to establish a sense of just what the A88/KT88 tubes, is all about.
Maybe by mid summer.
Yesterday I switched out the JOR KT90's and put in the 88's , did not care for the sound ay all. If I find these same poor imaging results with the KT88's in the Cayin, I'll know that its a matter of which tubes I prefer, vs which brand amp.
If I don't like the Cayin A88, my next move will be to sell it and move on to a bigger Jadis, with KT90's. Maybe the DA30.
I was very impressed with Cayin's cdp's and their B300, the brother to the A88.
Apologies if off topic abit.