issues with lsi

F1nut

WTH are you talking about? I didn't put his amp down, I simply stated a fact. Rotel is not high end, it's mid-fi.

Instead of critiquing my posts, how about you try to help him with his problem? That is, after all, the topic at hand.

Hawkeye

cembros wrote: »

1700 dollars is alot of money to spend on a peice of electronics and i have certian expectations for that amount of money, so to me it is high end. It doesnt matter what volume i play the amp at, no matter what the sound shuts off after maybe 3 or 4 minutes

Cembros, I understand your frustration but it happens to all levels of gear. I bought a McIntosh Pre amp about 10 days ago. It was in my rack all of about 1/2 hour before it died. It took longer to hook it up than I got to listen to it!

Contacted seller and a new one was delivered within 3 days and they paid for shipping the broken pieces back. UPS picked them up at the house. I did not have to lug these things anywhere except out the front door. I'm sure Rotel will make this good for you without you having to spend more money.

Gordon

Hawkeye

cnh wrote: »

I don't know what your problem is but I can understand your outrage. Finut's comments aside (He is right, a few thousand is mid-fi because you can spend what your house is worth or more on equipment if you're B. Madoff).

For 1700 dollars I would expect my amp to work for a couple of years minimum without any problems and I would consider it irresponsible of the manufacturer not to have sufficient quality control at that price. That said, I will never be able to spend more than that myself. But I do understand that there is a layer of audiophile who can entertain his/her highest dreams and million dollar home theaters EXIST! As to whether or not those who own them can actually hear the difference.

Well, many of them don't even have a 'real' musical ear, no training in music, don't play an instrument, haven't inherited perfect pitch, etc., etc. But they sure do own some great pieces! This is a hobby...yes. But once we get up that high, shouldn't we be musicians of a sort? At least good musicians! Just a thought from someone who does play a few instruments.

cnh

Well, I'm one of "them", and I find I can appreciate music without having been formally trained as a musician. I'd hate to walk in audio store to buy a piece and be asked for my musicians union ID card.

Gordon

tcrossma

Yeah, I don't understand the logic of having to be a musician or have "inherited perfect pitch" (wtf?) to enjoy my music anymore than someone having to be a pro baseball player to watch a baseball game on TV. The bigger and better TV you have the more skilled baseball player you need to be???