Quick Comments: Rotel RCD-1072

I-SIG
I-SIG Posts: 2,243
edited May 2006 in Electronics
Y'all,

I've a chance to monkey with the Rotel RCD-1072 for a couple of days now that I bought from fellow Polkie haimoc. So far so good.

It opens and closes like a rocket.

The remote seems pretty friendly.

High build-quiality is evident.

Mated to the Bel Canto, it seems to be everything the NEC CD-ROM was with a remote and able to actually read every single CD I own. I think there might even be a touch more bass response.

Next on the agenda is to demo the internal DAC's against the Bel Canto DAC2. Should be interesting, especially with HDCD content.

Wes
Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited May 2006
    Glad you like your first impressions of the RCD 1072...I have ours mated with a Parasound DAC,and to tell you the truth,I can't hear a nichols worth of difference when spinning a "good" recording or an HDCD disc.

    The DAC does make some less than perfect recordings much easier to listen to...seems I own more average recordings than I do "good" ones,so the DAC is going to stay for a while.
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  • drew spelts
    drew spelts Posts: 310
    edited May 2006
    Please let us know what your experiences with this unit are because I love tha way it looks and might have to get one some day.
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited May 2006
    Here's a few more comments:

    I only have 2 HDCD's that I'm aware of, but on the one that I'm most familiar with, the only slight difference I could discern was incrementally more sparkle on the HDCD vs. the Bel Canto. Otherwise it was a total wash. I may give it another go this evening using both CD's just to mix it up.

    Plays the few CDR's I have quite nicely. The well recorded songs still seem to show quite a bit of dynamics and clarity on both the Bel Canto and the internal DAC's.

    Speaking of internal DAC's, this might be a lot closer shootout than I originally imagined. All I can say at this point is that I might need to spend a lot of time (weeks maybe?) with the internals then swap to the Bel Canto to really be aware of the differences. When I did this with the NEC, it was amazing. Lows and highs were at least compareable, but the Bel Canto really shines in the rich, full mids.

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • drew spelts
    drew spelts Posts: 310
    edited May 2006
    sounds good, keep us posted. Thanks very much.
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