speakerman24

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $111.00 from ebay

Summary:
I purchased this unit on ebay as a steal for $111 and hooked it up to my system (denon, speakerlab) and it sounded great the clarity was amazing as well as the distinct instruments that came onto the scene. This is an amazing player.

Strengths:
clarity, performance, warm sound. nice bass

Weaknesses:
when changing disks it is a bit noisy but ver percise every time

Similar Products Used:
panasonic-do not buy one!

Price Paid:  $200.00 from Sound Exchange

Summary:
Nice sound. I upgraded from a Sony unit. I really did not think there would be much difference, but I was way wrong!!! Sounds fantastic! I am slowly going to listen to all my old CDs again. They all sound different. Warmer and heavier in bass. I basically stopped using my Sony months ago. I was using the analog outputs from my Toshiba SD9200 DVD player, which is excellent, but this blows that away. I only bought this unit because it was a demo and it was cheap. It was mostly to replace the Sony and thats it. But I think I will be using this for my CDs exclusively!!! Very impressed!

Strengths:
Nice easy to use. WARM sound!!!!!

Weaknesses:
Noisy tray, loading

Similar Products Used:
Sony 5 disc

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Sound Center

Summary:
I have used this player for 2 years now and continue to be impressed.

My system consists of the following:

Rotel RSP-976 preamp
Rotel RMB-1075 amp
Carver CT-23 preamp (used only for tuner)
Kef Reference model 2 main speakers
Kef Reference C100 center
Kef K25 surrounds
I was initially going to buy a CAL ICON II, but my wife wanted a changer (and didn't want me to spend that much money). I found this at a local dealer as a demo unit. I have not regretted this purchase since then. This unit sounds much less "digital" than any other unit I have tried in this price range.

Strengths:
Excellent build quality. Warm sound. Price.

Weaknesses:
Elevator style loading mechanism

Similar Products Used:
old Yamaha and Mitsubishi players.

Price Paid:  $225.00 from internet

Summary:
I use this player for a multi room and outdoor system that consists of:
Rotel RC 980 pre amp
Rotel RB 976 multi channel amp
Cambridge Soundworks Outdoor Speakers
B&W (bookshelfs)

I really like this player. I have the Rotel RC 971 on my stereo system for a good comparison. While the 971 is superior, the RCC 945 is very good. The sound quality is natural and clean. The functions are easy to understand and program. For the money, I believe you would be hard pressed to find a better value.

I purchased mine on ebay. I have seen other advetised. My guess is you can pick one up for no more than half the retail.

Strengths:
Clean sound, easy of use and of course...4+ hours of play time.

Weaknesses:
Disc loader a bit noisy.

Similar Products Used:
Rotel RCD 971

Summary:
I, like the listener below, picked up this product from a dealer who stopped carrying Rotel gear. He claimed it had to do with Rotel's remote issues with their surround sound receivers. Lucky me. I picked it up for a little less than 300 bills out the door.
This is an excellent changer. My other changer is a Sony 700ES (kind of older) which I also think is an excellent player. The Rotel is clearly better though. It sounds warmer to me; smoother. The bottom end is solid but not overexaggerated and the highs are detailed and clear without being bright. The changer does an excellent reproduction of sound for all the different genres of music I listen to (jazz, windham hill, rock, etc). I recommend this unit to anyone who is looking for a warm sounding CD changer for a reasonable price. Like the precious reviewer, I would not spend the original $550 for this unit, but for anywhere under $350, it is an absolute steal!