Rogue vs ARC

IMO, much of this depends on the speaker match. Given a particular speaker, the ARC may sound better than the Rogue, and the opposite may be true for another speaker.

Perhaps it would be valuable if those with listening experience with the amps also specified the speakers they own or heard, including sensitivity, nominal impedance and minimum impedance specs.

Ditka vs. God...... Da Bears........

But Tvad, what would Audiogon be without sweeping generalizations and unwavering opinions and conclusions? All kidding aside, I think the need to discuss all amps in the context of the speakers being used is essential to relevance of any assessment regarding said amp.

I do know there is some really nice synergy with my Tyler Decades and Rogue-several people have that system around here and elsewhere.

I noticed the Rogue M150s has a dampening factor closer to solid state levels, whereas the ARC tube amps spec much lower. Is that why some say Rogue has more of a modern tube sound?

I did have the ARC VT100 an really like it and would recommend it because it does so many things really well, but the bass could be a little fat and uncontrolled at times. At least on the speakers I used that were a little bassy too:)