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Upgrade from Rotel RCD-1072

This thread is for those of you who sold your Rotel RCD-1072 CD players and upgraded. What did you folks upgrade to in the way of a higher end CDP and was it an upgrade with significant improvement and a stark difference in fidelity, soundstage, detail, etc? Thanks.
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mik971
153 posts
 
I think you would need to spend alot of money to get a noticable difference. The Rotel is probably the best budget cdp made, hence the great re-sale value. Unless you are having issues with the Rotel, I would look elswhere in your system for upgrades...
realremo
460 posts
 
Lets compare, say, the Cambridge Audio 740 against the Rotel RCD-1072. The Rotel sells for about $400 used, the CA sells for around $600 used, $800 new. These two units are ones that I have been thinking about for quite a while. I have not heard either of them.
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phasecorrect
2,013 posts
 
denon 1650ar...much bigger soundstage...great value
miner42
709 posts
 
I upgraded to a McIntosh universal player - to keep the same faceplate in my system and to add the SACD capability. The Rotel is a tough player to beat for the $$$ - either used or new.
mik971
153 posts
 
Have you considered using the Rotel as a transport and purchase a new DAC? There are excellent DACs for under $500 and will give you the flexibility of hooking in your TV or CPU also..... I had great success using a Rotel/EAD dac combo!
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