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After many changes and upgrades over the years, I am extremely happy with my system. After spending fifteen years with my wonderful Vandersteen 1C's, I am experiencing a greatly improved sound of music with my new Revel F-12 speakers. The synergy between all my components is quite good, and the musical enjoyment is sublime. The hours spent in my listening chair are truly glorious, and I'm a very happy music lover !
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    • Rogue Audio Cronus
    Integrated amp with updated Genelex Gold Lion KT-77 output tubes and a Mark O'Brien customized set of 5 small tubes.
    • Revel Concerta F-12
    A very coherent, balanced, and musical full range speaker, with well defined deep bass, perfect mid-range, and sparkling smooth highs.
    • Rotel RCD-1072
    A very musical, analog sounding CD deck with HDCD chip.
    • Rega P3-24 with TT-PSU power supply
    Terrific table at a very good price point.
    • Rega RB-301
    Standard arm for my table .... a great match.
    • Rega Exact 2
    Wonderful symmetry between Rega table, Rega arm, and Rega cartridge.
    • Nagaoka MP-150
    A very musical cartridge .... perfect for my large collection of small ensemble acoustic jazz.
    • Audioquest King Cobra
    A perfect link between the Rotel CD deck and Rogue Cronus amp.
    • Paul Speltz Anti-cables
    Transparent, neutral, and perfect for my system.
    • Signal Cable MagicCord and DigitalReference
    Upgraded power cables ... nice improvements over the stock cords.
    • Panamax M5100-PM
    A very effective power conditioner surge protector.
    • Emotiva XDA-2 DAC
    • AudioQuest Jitterbug
    • Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB cable

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Adam,
Awesome pad! Looks very cozy and perfect for some late night listening with a few drinks in hand...

I'm all vinyl now, but I still have the Rotel RCD-1072, which was matched with the RA-1060 amp. I have to say the combo gave me a lot of enjoyment for years, before I plunged into tubes and vinyl. Especially the 1072 in my opinion is an incredible performer for the money. Interestingly, I replaced the amp with a Cronus Magnum!, and the sound was terrific - non-fatiguing, liquid, almost an analogue-like, especially with good-sounding CDs. I'm sure your experience is similar.

Regarding the Cronus Magnum, did you look into replacing the KT-90 output tubes with the KT-120? I upgraded to the M-180 monoblocks two yrs ago, and it was a simple swap, but I know you can have the top plate replaced in the Cronus to accommodate the KT-120 for about $100. No other changes are necessary I'm told. However, I would certainly not sweat it; even with KT-90s the Cronus is in my opinion impossible to beat for the price. What a sweet amp. I loved it and was actually sad parting with it.

Congratulations again on an awesome system in an awesome pad.

actusreus