Rotel 1072: Deserving of product of the year?

I bought one for my 2nd system based on the TAS review. I don't think the review misrepresented the unit at all-- it is great at that price.It is so easy to listen to though not as punchy as my Cary 308. Still, it has a certain something that is hard to put into words,I just keep listening to it hour after hour.Maybe it's that super low distortion level.

those 2 seperate views played on me while I was buying it,waiting for it to arrive at dealer(12 days)and through roughly 3 weeks of various playback.Now I am in the TAS camp on this player.Musical CDP.Get the Black.Player of the year?

Clbeanz, I too am interested in this player after reading the TAS review. I thought that the silver looked pretty good, but I wonder why you say to "get the black"? Any other comments?

Black sounds better, silver can be bright...

My attempt at humor if you will...