Rotel - CD11 Tribute CD Player

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    Emlyn wrote: »
    Crutchfield's got the Audiolab Omnia in stock:

    https://www.crutchfield.com/p_248OMNIABK/Audiolab-Omnia-Black.html

    Signal-to-noise ratio: 76 dB. That is not very good.
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  • jbreezy5
    jbreezy5 Posts: 1,141
    Crutchfield has a typo on the SNR.

    Audiolab specs indicate the A-weighted SNR pre/power sections at 110dB, and DAC at 114dB, on their website.

    I can’t post the link here probably b/c it is a UK website, tried 3x, lol.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,529
    The phono section is 76dB SNR rated which is fine and ordinary. The owner’s manual is posted on the Crutchfield product page. They should probably correct the description.

    :/
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  • jbreezy5
    jbreezy5 Posts: 1,141
    I think that is an error on Crutchfield’s part. Audiolab specs A-weighted SNR of 110 dB for amp, 110 dB for preamp, and 114 dB for DAC on their website:

    https://www.audiolab.co.uk/omnia/
    CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC

    DACs: Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III (x2); Denafrips Ares II (x2)

    Streamers: ROKU (x3); Bluesound Node 2i and Node N130 w/LHY LPS // Receivers: Yamaha RX-V775BT; Yamaha RX-V777

    Preamps: B&K Ref 50; B&K Ref 5 S2; Classe CP-800 MkII; Audio Research SP16L (soon)

    Amps: Niles SI-275; B&K ST125.7; B&K ST125.2; Classe CA-2300; Butler Audio TDB-5150

    Speakers: Boston Acoustics CR55; Focal Chorus 705v; Wharfedale Diamond 10.2; Monitor Audio Silver-1; Def Tech Mythos One (x4)/Mythos Three Center (x2)/Mythos Two pr.; Martin Logan Electromotion ESL; Legacy Audio Victoria/Silverscreen Center; Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1; SVS SB-1000 Pro; REL HT-1003; B&W ASW610; HifiMan HE400i

    Turntable: Dual 721 Direct-Drive w/Audio Technica AT-VM95e cart

    Cables: Tripp-lite 14ga. PCs, Blue Jeans Cable ICs, Philips PXT1000 ICs; Kimber Kable DV30 coaxial ICs; Canare L-4E6S XLR ICs; Kimber Kable 8PR & 8TC speaker cables.
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  • jbreezy5
    jbreezy5 Posts: 1,141
    Crutchfield botched the SNR, I think.

    Audiolab specs the A-weighted SNR for pre and amp at 110dB, and DAC at 114dB.

    https://www.audiolab.co.uk/omnia/
    CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC

    DACs: Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III (x2); Denafrips Ares II (x2)

    Streamers: ROKU (x3); Bluesound Node 2i and Node N130 w/LHY LPS // Receivers: Yamaha RX-V775BT; Yamaha RX-V777

    Preamps: B&K Ref 50; B&K Ref 5 S2; Classe CP-800 MkII; Audio Research SP16L (soon)

    Amps: Niles SI-275; B&K ST125.7; B&K ST125.2; Classe CA-2300; Butler Audio TDB-5150

    Speakers: Boston Acoustics CR55; Focal Chorus 705v; Wharfedale Diamond 10.2; Monitor Audio Silver-1; Def Tech Mythos One (x4)/Mythos Three Center (x2)/Mythos Two pr.; Martin Logan Electromotion ESL; Legacy Audio Victoria/Silverscreen Center; Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1; SVS SB-1000 Pro; REL HT-1003; B&W ASW610; HifiMan HE400i

    Turntable: Dual 721 Direct-Drive w/Audio Technica AT-VM95e cart

    Cables: Tripp-lite 14ga. PCs, Blue Jeans Cable ICs, Philips PXT1000 ICs; Kimber Kable DV30 coaxial ICs; Canare L-4E6S XLR ICs; Kimber Kable 8PR & 8TC speaker cables.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,949
    jbreezy5 wrote: »
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    Smaller scratch sequence on Death Cab disc, but this was previously mint condition!:

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    Damn, that is unacceptable. I pride myself on mint condition discs and if that happened to me I would be livid.
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  • jbreezy5
    jbreezy5 Posts: 1,141
    Yeah, if the device damages the media that is quite unacceptable. I also pride myself on minty media.

    I really like this player, and that caused me to wait too long to return it under the trial period.

    It also had me second-guessing if I was doing something wrong with so many satisfied customers out there, who don’t seem to complain of this issue.

    I have been using it more recently and seem to be having good success not seeing more scratches. Makes me wonder if it’s a break-in kinda thing. 🤷🏼

    I think people should know it can happen, though.
    CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC

    DACs: Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III (x2); Denafrips Ares II (x2)

    Streamers: ROKU (x3); Bluesound Node 2i and Node N130 w/LHY LPS // Receivers: Yamaha RX-V775BT; Yamaha RX-V777

    Preamps: B&K Ref 50; B&K Ref 5 S2; Classe CP-800 MkII; Audio Research SP16L (soon)

    Amps: Niles SI-275; B&K ST125.7; B&K ST125.2; Classe CA-2300; Butler Audio TDB-5150

    Speakers: Boston Acoustics CR55; Focal Chorus 705v; Wharfedale Diamond 10.2; Monitor Audio Silver-1; Def Tech Mythos One (x4)/Mythos Three Center (x2)/Mythos Two pr.; Martin Logan Electromotion ESL; Legacy Audio Victoria/Silverscreen Center; Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1; SVS SB-1000 Pro; REL HT-1003; B&W ASW610; HifiMan HE400i

    Turntable: Dual 721 Direct-Drive w/Audio Technica AT-VM95e cart

    Cables: Tripp-lite 14ga. PCs, Blue Jeans Cable ICs, Philips PXT1000 ICs; Kimber Kable DV30 coaxial ICs; Canare L-4E6S XLR ICs; Kimber Kable 8PR & 8TC speaker cables.
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,960
    Did anyone take the leap and by a Tribute?
    That are on sale at MD for 35% off.
    https://www.musicdirect.com/equipment/disc-player/rotel-cd11-tribute-cd-player/

    (zombie thread alert :) )
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  • mikejedi0619
    mikejedi0619 Posts: 110
    edited September 14
    I have two Tributes .. one I bought brand new and another one for 271.00 because at the time I had a 15 percent off coupon at MD and they were selling as “open box” at a discount.

    Turns out it was actually new stock when it arrived on my doorstep ! Bravo MusicDirect !!

    Love the sound of these special players .. knock on wood no issues either.

    I really think they punch way way above their weight imo. I use one for my downstairs A/V system and one for my upstairs Audio only system

    :)
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    F1nut wrote: »
    tophatjohnny wrote: »
    And here I though CDs were just for ripping?? People actually still listen to them??😂😂

    Why the heck would I want to take the time and effort to rip my CD collection when I can simply play them in one of my excellent CD/SACD players. The ripping notion never made a lick of sense to me and never will.

    Nobody suggested that you should take the time to rip anything brother! You just took a polk (😊) at the old way that ol Tophat used to make it happen! I have moved on since then to a whole new level and way of doing things! Granted I have ripped thousands on top of thousands of cds (so many I couldn’t even think of real estate in my 3000’ square foot house to store them so there’s that! That was 45k albums ago! My current library has over 70k albums and I slowly turned it into a small business and it’s been great ! Sorry you missed the humor I was sharing,especially with the lol faces! Heck Still get demo cds from bands that would like to snag my old but outta the house to perform and i listen to their cds through a dvd player 😂

    Yes it’s all good any way we find to listen to music! Taking my library anywhere I go is nothing short of amazing and the quality is to date unmatched with what’s out there so as long as you are happy with plopping cds into your player I’m truly happy for ya! You already know i love you!! That’ll never change !
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,960
    @mikejedi0619

    Thanks so much for the input. I'm going to order one.
    My Sony may be kaput.
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,960
    @tophatjohnny

    "My current library has over 70k albums and I slowly turned it into a small business and it’s been great ! "
    say what? :o
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,815
    SIHAB wrote: »
    @tophatjohnny

    "My current library has over 70k albums and I slowly turned it into a small business and it’s been great ! "
    say what? :o

    Yeah, that's insane. It seems like I've been ripping albums for almost 20 years (greatly accelerated in the last 8 years) and my Daphile only shows 1600 albums.
    For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    VR3 wrote: »
    I believe that is a common feature of CD players though?

    Been a while since I've owned one but I recall that being the norm

    My Cambridge Azur 840c never closes unless I direct it to
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