|
Top Ranked Products from ROTEL.
|
Rating
Reviewed by:
tilepronc
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
January 24, 2009Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
4 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2.00 votes
|
|  | |
Review 1 of 11
Price Paid:
$999.00
from local shop Summary:
Bought this to power my Martin Logans, Did a great job, MLs are very power hungry and if I would have had this amp hooked up to a more efficient speaker it would have sounded even better.I traded up to the RB 1090. Good amp and well built. Never had a problem Strengths:
well built, price point, runs cool Weaknesses:
none for what i needed it for Similar Products Used:
Rotel rb 1090
Onkyo m-5060
|
|
Rating
Reviewed by:
kingston786
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
June 16, 2008Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
1 to 3 months Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1.00 votes
|
| | |
Review 2 of 11
Price Paid:
$450.00
from Unilet, Surrey Summary:
I have used this unit for about 3 months and all I can say is that it's brilliant. It was initially used to drive the kef fronts but I'm now usiing it to drive a passive quad coil sub. Impedance per channel is 2ohm(not recommended but no signs of breakdown or distortion), this amp is well built. However it does heat up abit but considering the loading, one would expect it to. I have not used the balanced inputs yet.
I am very happy with this amp considering the price I paid.
I am definitely going to buy a RB-1070 to power my fronts.
Later on utilise my 1080 and 1070 to power up the fronts in biamping and get a monoblock to power the sub.
My amp is currently controlled from a Rotel dvd reciever rsdx02 , that will also be upgraded to an AudioLab AVP8000.
Strengths:
The toroidal transformer is massive(no power starving), the front mount fins does wonders for the cooling.
Power cable is detachable. The trigger works well.The binding posts are pretty easy to connect to. Weaknesses:
Has no weakness, apart from weight so when ordering a shelf consider the weight. Similar Products Used:
NAD , AudioLab , Roksan Kandy, Marantz, Denon, Kef and B&W
|
|
Rating
Reviewed by:
Ajani
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
January 22, 2008Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year |
| | |
Review 3 of 11
Price Paid:
$1000.00
from Bracks Electronics Summary:
I purchased the Rotel RC 1070 Pre Amp and the RB 1080 Power Amp to replace my NAD C352 Integrated Amp. Nothing was majorly wrong with the NAD, but I was looking for more spice and a more open and engaging sound. To put it simply, the Rotel was all that was needed to really take my system to another level of performance. The highs were clearer, the mids more detailed, the soundstage was improved and I finally got complaints from my neighbours about the bass on my system (for the 1st time in 2 years!!!).... Not that my aim was to disturb my neighbours, but I was impressed with the amount of bass the Rotel combo was able to squeeze out ot my Mission Volare 63 speakers...
For anyone looking a good pre amplifier, but not interesting in spending mega bucks, I suggest giving the Rotel an audition. The same goes for the Power Amp.
Excellent value for money!!!! Strengths:
Sound and Build Quality! Looks (apart from the gull wings) Weaknesses:
The gull wings are ugly... Similar Products Used:
NAD C352, Musical Fidelity XT100
|
|
Rating
Reviewed by:
zealot
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
January 7, 2007Overall Rating
4 of 5
Value Rating
 3 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month Visitors rate this review
2.60 of 5,
5.00 votes
|
| | |
Review 4 of 11
Price Paid:
$1000.00
from Local Electronics St Summary:
Good value for the money - got what I wanted, i.e. power to drive my front speakers, Klipsch Tangent 5000. Strengths:
Great separation between musical instruments.
Power! Weaknesses:
None! Similar Products Used:
Adcom power amps.
|
|
Rating
Reviewed by:
Mark_E
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
September 7, 2006Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year Visitors rate this review
3.88 of 5,
8.00 votes
|
| | |
Review 5 of 11
Price Paid:
$1000.00
from Sounds Fantastik Summary:
I purchased the Rotel RB-1080 power amp and RC-1070 pre amp to marry up with my Arcam 7se CD player and B&W 804 speakers to replace a Carver amp that was going on 16 years old. I paid roughly $1700 for the two pieces. Connections are all made with Audioquest Diamondbacks and Monster's Ultra 1000 speaker cables. Although the Carver was still working fine, it was time for an upgrade so I started my research and looked at NAD pre/power and also NAD integrated and Bryston's integrated. Although the Bryston was certainly beautiful sounding, the difference in sound was hard to justify the large diffence in price between it and the other two manufacturers. The superior sound of the Rotel over the NAD's was immediate including the detail, clarity, soundstage and base. I find myself listening to CD's that I never used to. A new feature that is on my power amp that did not even appear in Rotel's literature at the time I purchased was an extra set of binding posts on the back to allow complete bi-wiring capability from the amp straight through to the speakers. In my personal opinion, I don't think there is a pre/amp-power/amp combo on the market at twice the price that can compete and this thing is built like a tank. I will soon be replacing the Arcam CD player with Rotel's highly acclaimed RCD-1072 CD player. Strengths:
Price,
Overall sound,
Build quality,
Power!
Weaknesses:
none Similar Products Used:
Arcam CD player,
Rotel pre-amp,
B&W 804's
Carver amp,
Yamaha for surround sound,
Sony CD recorder,
LG DVD,
Toshiba widescreen,
Paradigm speakers.
|
|
|
|
|
Come join the community. Comment on the blogs.
|
|
|
|
5 of 5
