Rotel RB956ax

rooftop59
rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
edited January 2012 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
Great little multi-channel (6) amp for sale. 30 wpc or 90 wpc bridged, lots of options. Despite the low power rating this was a noticable improvement over my 50 lb Harman Kardon receiver. I was running my three mains (NHT superones) in the bridged mode and it sounded very nice. Great mid-range, a warm and musical amp. Great way to get into seperates on the cheap.

It is functionally sound, but cosmetically she could use some work. Probably a 6/10 on audiogon scale. Never bothered me since it was in a cabinet, but if cosmetics are important this may not be the amp for you.

Asking 150 local in central TX or 175 shipped and paypaled. I have numerous successful transactions here despite no feedback. I will pack to withstand a nuclear blast and ship fedex ground or home. I have newborns (plural!) in the house so I may take a few days to ship :eek:

Any questions feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer!
Paul
Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
Game Room 5.1.4: Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
Bedroom 2.1 Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited January 2012
    Bump.
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited January 2012
    Price Reduction!

    $160 Shipped and Paypaled CONUS!
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited January 2012
    pm sent
    Front - RTiA5's
    Rear - RTiA3's
    Center - CSiA4
    Sub - PSW110
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited January 2012
    responded.
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited January 2012
    Last price drop before listing elsewhere:

    $150 Shipped and paypaled CONUS. Hard to beat this to power your front 3 gentleman...
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • dhart86
    dhart86 Posts: 1,594
    edited January 2012
    pm sent
    Main Rig:
    Antipodes DX > Roon > PS Audio Directstream Jr.>deHavilland Ultraverve 3 >Belles Reference 150a >Harbeth C7 ES3


    Second Rig:
    Roon> PS Audio Directstream Jr Bridge II > EE Minimax pre (Tutay mods) >Belles 150A Ref >Monitor 5 (Westmassguy-modded)


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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited January 2012
    responded.
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • TNHNDYMAN
    TNHNDYMAN Posts: 2,145
    edited January 2012
    rooftop- is this still avail? I've got a Rotel RB980 currently and just purchased an Onkyo 706 in order to have pre outs for HT. PM me w/ a # I'd like to talk to you about it. If I bridged it to 3 ch then I'd have all 5 ch on Rotel power around 100WPC. Great price. Thanks,
    Travis
    2-ch System: Parasound P/LD 2000 pre, Parasound HCA-1000 amp, Parasound T/DQ Tuner, Phase Technology PC-100 Tower speakers, Technics SL-1600 Turntable, Denon 2910 SACD/CD player, Peachtree DAC iT and X1asynchorus USB converter, HSU VTF-3 subwoofer.

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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited January 2012
    Sale pending - pm sent Travis.
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited January 2012
    SOLD to packetjones!!!

    Thanks guys.
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • TNHNDYMAN
    TNHNDYMAN Posts: 2,145
    edited January 2012
    my wife thanks you packetj- good deal rooftop great price so I'll keep my eyes open
    2-ch System: Parasound P/LD 2000 pre, Parasound HCA-1000 amp, Parasound T/DQ Tuner, Phase Technology PC-100 Tower speakers, Technics SL-1600 Turntable, Denon 2910 SACD/CD player, Peachtree DAC iT and X1asynchorus USB converter, HSU VTF-3 subwoofer.

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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited January 2012
    Cant wait to hook it up.... Quick question about IC's. What kind do i need to get? Probably going to go cheap to start with.
    Front - RTiA5's
    Rear - RTiA3's
    Center - CSiA4
    Sub - PSW110
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2012
    packetjones wrote: »
    Cant wait to hook it up.... Quick question about IC's. What kind do i need to get? Probably going to go cheap to start with.

    Right now you cannot beat MIT's sale on their EXP1's (mitcablesexpress.com). 38 bucks for a 6 foot set of 2 (plus shipping which is like 15 bucks).

    You could get the lower model numbers, but for the price, why would you? :biggrin:

    Otherwise I would look at SignalCable Analog 2's, we as Club Polk members get a discount on them.

    Or just buy these ones: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?128740-Signal-Cables
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited January 2012
    If you're going for cheap you can't beat monoprice:

    http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10236&cs_id=1023603&p_id=2681&seq=1&format=2

    But the MITs mentioned above will definitely sound better. FWIW, I have found that I appreciate the difference more when I start cheap and work my way up the food chain :biggrin:
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited January 2012
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    If you're going for cheap you can't beat monoprice:

    http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10236&cs_id=1023603&p_id=2681&seq=1&format=2

    But the MITs mentioned above will definitely sound better. FWIW, I have found that I appreciate the difference more when I start cheap and work my way up the food chain :biggrin:

    The Monoprice one are "cheap", but if your stepping up to get a dedicated amp, you probably have good enough components to spend a bit on the non cheap stuff.

    I used Monoprice to start and besides **** up my amp 2 times by pulling off the ground plug when removing the cable, they really didnt do anything for me.

    Heck buy 2 times the number of of the MIT pairs you need, sell the extra's for 100 for each set, and you just broke even :biggrin:. Even Monoprice cant beat that :smile:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited January 2012
    I am in between houses at this time and am preparing for the new place. I want to get some IC's to be able to hook it up when i get it. Once I get settled I will surely get some quality cables. Just looking for something to fill the void until then.

    Thanks for the recommendations.
    Front - RTiA5's
    Rear - RTiA3's
    Center - CSiA4
    Sub - PSW110
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