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Help me choose a receiver,Rotel1550, Arcam 400 or

Marantz 7005, I have center b&w speaker htm2, also will upgrade from my 602's to 805s, present reciever is Marantz 5004, sub is paradigm seismic 110 (love my sub for now) am I in the right track? I was told that Rotel works well with b&w speakers.
Any input would be very much appreciated.
Thank you
tesseract86
tesseract86 OP
156 posts
 
Chadnliz,
Glad to hear that, I was leaning towards the Rotel l600 but the 1550(5x75wpc) should be powerful enough since I understand that Rotel's power ratings are conservative and I'm happy with a 5.1 HT system.
Thanks for the info.
chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
I run Rotel sperates in my living room...I do have a dedicated HT/Audio room with more expensive gear but Rotel was my main gear years ago. The seperate Rotel amp I run is 60w per channel and its plenty so you should be fine too. I never once thought it wasnt powerful enough.
tesseract86 OP
156 posts
 
Thank you guys you're input has been very helpful and gave me much more confidence in making an easy decision.
mik971
153 posts
 
My local dealer also carries Marantz (which I like), but doesn't mate very well with B&W in my listening tests and the dealer doesn't like the pairing either. They usually demo their Marantz with Focal speakers. I would think you will be VERY pleased with upgrading to Rotel. Good luck and enjoy!
admranger
144 posts
 
Rotel receiver and B&W speakers here. They work fine and I've never needed more volume than the 75wpc Rotel receiver could provide. I've wanted more, but never really needed it...
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