Any Rotel love around here? Looking to power my Sonus Faber Olympica 3

joey_v

The Rotel is nice gear indeed. Seek out the older models for separates.
The newest stuff id junk-sourced to china. The older gear is pure U.K.
There is a difference, IMO.

Happy Listening!

RB 1080 was a nice power amp (200+200W)
The 1066 or 1068 is a nice pre-amp processor as well.
The 1098 was the top pre-amp processor for many years.
All can be found on eBay.

I had the RC1070 preamp before. Also had the RB1070 and then the RB1090 in the past and I enjoyed them.

I like the look of the new ones and I want to make sure the capacitors and electrics are new so they last. I need it to be worry free because this is going to the family room... need it to be reliable.

Looking for pure stereo.  

No Rotel love here its just a mediocre sounding unit. Good luck though.

@joey_v

I'm looking into new amplification for our system and I spent a couple hours with the Rotel RC1590/RB1590 paired  with the Rotel RCD1570, AudioQuest cabling and Bowers and Wilkins CM10 S2.

In a nutshell, it was fantastic. To elaborate a bit; great tone, detail and resolution, powerful, dynamic and so easy to listen to. There was such an ease and scale to the music. Whether played at background levels, cranked up or anywhere in between the music sounded excellent.

Part of me didn't want it to sound that good. It's at the top of our budget and I was hoping (just a little bit) that I wouldn't be impressed. Well, I didn't stand a chance. After about twenty minutes into the audition I knew it was going to be the set-up to beat.

I've listened to some great stuff under $5k and I'm going to check out a few more things this coming week but the Rotel RC1590/RB1590 is going to be very hard to beat. If you have the opportunity audition it

Cheers,

Scott