Rogue Pharaoh II INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER.

The phono input inverted absolute polarity at the headphone output in both MM and MC modes but preserved polarity at the loudspeaker outputs. A class-A soundalike When I wrote the intro to this story, I already knew the outro: Rogue Audio's Pharaoh II integrated amplifier delivered enough quiet, clear, clean, effortless class-D power to drive the hard-todrive (under 4 ohm EPDR) GoldenEar BRX and the currentsucking Magnepan .7 panel speakers. What's the alternative?) Then, this month, as I installed the Pharaoh II tube-class-D hybrid amplifier, I wondered: How many class-D amplifier designers are trying to make their small, light, cool-running amps sound like hot, heavy, high-power class-A amps? Looking first at the line-level inputs, the Rogue Pharaoh II preserved absolute polarity, ie, was noninverting from its loudspeaker output with both balanced and single-ended inputs but inverted polarity from the headphone output. [Extracted from the article]