LeRoy
08-25-2012, 05:58 AM
Howdy fella's, its been a while since I have posted anything as I had not felt inspired to share any new findings till now....
The short version is this little amp is the best amp I have ever purchased. Got it in about 4 days ago and simply turned on the amp for 24 hours to allow for some tube burn in before playing any music on it.
So, last night I got to spinning a variety of tunes: George Benson & Earl Klugh, Leonard Cohen, Allison Krauss, Youssou N'Dour, Dean Peer, Diane Schuur & Count Basie, Jean-Luc Ponty, and a mix of tunes from Sarah Jaroz, Lizz Wright, and Cassandra Wilson.
The Qinpu amp takes the best of the MiniWatt and best of the Rogue Cronus Magnum and plays back music without any of the shortcomings of either unit. The Q is quiet like the MW... very silent, lightweight and easy to handle, and really sings. Especially great presentation with strings, snappy snares, and beautiful cymbal taps and brushstrokes. Inner detail easily discerned and excellent separation of voices and instruments. Does not sound thick or syrupy.
Like the Rogue, the Q delivers deep weighty bass. No shortage of SPL within my listening room and only need to have to volume set to 12:00 to max out my limits of listening levels. Presentation is forward toward the listener and I normally sit about 14 feet away and it sounds like I got headphones on. Tonally rich, and unwavering pace...excellent pace. The bass on the Rogue is a little tighter and a just a tad faster but that's the only concession the Q makes to the Rogue.
In the end, 16.5 watts per channel, and a pair of 6N3 tubes is clearly outperforming the 90WPC 9 tubes Rogue, and also the 3.5 watt 3 tube MW. For only about $1900 less that the Rogue and only about $50.00 more than the MW this amp is a outright steal. The Q is giving my Dali Ikon 2's MK2's all it can handle (more on that later).
The Q amp also has a line out for sub woof or earphones, and AUX input (both are of the mini pin variety). The unit comes with a mini pin IC with the mini pin on one end and on the other end a pair of male pins/plugs. There is also and ipod/MP3 input and also an input for CD/DVD. Designed for one pair of speaker only the connectivity is very user friendly as the speaker posts are on top of the unit making connectivity very easy.
Paid $279/free shipping. This is a no brainer purchase. I plan to roll some tubes in the near future and will let you know what I am going to get. Its gonna be adios to the Rogue around here very shortly.
LeRoy
The short version is this little amp is the best amp I have ever purchased. Got it in about 4 days ago and simply turned on the amp for 24 hours to allow for some tube burn in before playing any music on it.
So, last night I got to spinning a variety of tunes: George Benson & Earl Klugh, Leonard Cohen, Allison Krauss, Youssou N'Dour, Dean Peer, Diane Schuur & Count Basie, Jean-Luc Ponty, and a mix of tunes from Sarah Jaroz, Lizz Wright, and Cassandra Wilson.
The Qinpu amp takes the best of the MiniWatt and best of the Rogue Cronus Magnum and plays back music without any of the shortcomings of either unit. The Q is quiet like the MW... very silent, lightweight and easy to handle, and really sings. Especially great presentation with strings, snappy snares, and beautiful cymbal taps and brushstrokes. Inner detail easily discerned and excellent separation of voices and instruments. Does not sound thick or syrupy.
Like the Rogue, the Q delivers deep weighty bass. No shortage of SPL within my listening room and only need to have to volume set to 12:00 to max out my limits of listening levels. Presentation is forward toward the listener and I normally sit about 14 feet away and it sounds like I got headphones on. Tonally rich, and unwavering pace...excellent pace. The bass on the Rogue is a little tighter and a just a tad faster but that's the only concession the Q makes to the Rogue.
In the end, 16.5 watts per channel, and a pair of 6N3 tubes is clearly outperforming the 90WPC 9 tubes Rogue, and also the 3.5 watt 3 tube MW. For only about $1900 less that the Rogue and only about $50.00 more than the MW this amp is a outright steal. The Q is giving my Dali Ikon 2's MK2's all it can handle (more on that later).
The Q amp also has a line out for sub woof or earphones, and AUX input (both are of the mini pin variety). The unit comes with a mini pin IC with the mini pin on one end and on the other end a pair of male pins/plugs. There is also and ipod/MP3 input and also an input for CD/DVD. Designed for one pair of speaker only the connectivity is very user friendly as the speaker posts are on top of the unit making connectivity very easy.
Paid $279/free shipping. This is a no brainer purchase. I plan to roll some tubes in the near future and will let you know what I am going to get. Its gonna be adios to the Rogue around here very shortly.
LeRoy