Integrateds which one???

geppy1

I will throw this out to you guys I am looking at several different integrateds and am getting a headache. I would really like remote ,phono and headphone but can deal with the phono and headphone issue if need be. The speakers for now are older Vandersteen 2Cs BUT I want to be able to work well with a range of speakers I am not talking about power but tonal balance/sound Not to far to the warm and not to far to the analytical / thin side. Rock and blues are the primary music (so laid back is not good) and the cables are all Analysis Plus. Using a Music Hall A 50..2 which is very impressive Liked it better then the Yamaha AS 2000 I tried. All below are very close in price used. Under $1000 Thanks

Tube
Rogue Tempest Magnun 60 w/ch version
Rogue Cronus

Solid State
Anthem 225 Had one years ago and thought it was kind of dry but have different cable, gear now
Classe 151 Had a 150 It was OK 151 is supposed to be more neutral
Rotel RA 1570
Roksan Kandy K2
Bel Canto EVO 2 gen II Had one for 4 years almost perfect but no soul. Might be different with cables and such
Musical Fidelity A 300

erniejade

I have heard the rogue cronus and even with stock tubes, I thought it sounded good. Some of the Classe stuff can be a bit drier not as much soul as some other stuff.

Was the bel cantro an ice amp? Some of the newer ice amps have a bit more soul to them over the old ones so maybe an updated version of it?

geppy1

Tri path I also may be keeping my Infinity RS 2.5s very hard to part with so that may be a problem for a tube amp load wise.