Rotel's New RSP-1572 Pre/Pro

pearsall001
pearsall001 Posts: 5,222
edited November 2011 in Electronics
I see that Rotel has just released their new Pre/Pro. I'll be following this one closely to see how it fares when the reviews start coming in. I know that Rotel had serious issues with previous units & HDMI problems. Now HDMI problems were not just with Rotel (a lot of manuf. also had issues with the HDMI format) so it should be interesting to see what corrections were made. Hopefully this unit is up to snuff to carry on with Rotel's reputation for great sounding/performing gear at reasonable prices.
"2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited November 2011
    The Rotel should be a very good Pre/Pro. The best Pre/Pro for the Money is the Integra Pre-pro's.
    No HDMI problems that I know of,and are great on HT.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited November 2011
    Rotels are the more musical of the bunch of lower cost HT preamps but what I dont understand is that they still have no room correction system in place
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,222
    edited November 2011
    danz1906 wrote: »
    The Rotel should be a very good Pre/Pro. The best Pre/Pro for the Money is the Integra Pre-pro's.
    No HDMI problems that I know of,and are great on HT.

    I'm reading a lot of issues with the Integra units having an annoying "clicking noise" when you change inputs, channels, etc. Apparently it's a known issue that's not been addressed yet. That's enough to turn me off. Other than that, it's one fine unit.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited November 2011
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    I'm reading a lot of issues with the Integra units having an annoying "clicking noise" when you change inputs, channels, etc. Apparently it's a known issue that's not been addressed yet. That's enough to turn me off. Other than that, it's one fine unit.

    I have an older Integra 9.8, I have not noticed that clicking noise.......But as far as Processing goes, these things are great.
    SACD over the HDMI with my Oppo player sounds very good.
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • Evrythngmatters
    Evrythngmatters Posts: 187
    edited November 2011
    I run Integra gear for HT and never had an issue. I'm running new Integra gear and love it. Only thing I can think of is that their gear needs at least 4-6" minimum on top so the heat can escape. Aas far as Rotel goes I like it only "ok". I much prefer the BW groups higher end gear,Classe. Yes it costs more but worth every penny imo. Rotel sounds lightweight,bright, and tinny to me compared to Classe. Will take a look at the new gear regardless though.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,312
    edited November 2011
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    I'm reading a lot of issues with the Integra units having an annoying "clicking noise" when you change inputs, channels, etc. Apparently it's a known issue that's not been addressed yet. That's enough to turn me off. Other than that, it's one fine unit.
    I have it in our theater room and I have not noticed any of these issues. Not a very musical Preamp , better for theater.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,312
    edited November 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Rotels are the more musical of the bunch of lower cost HT preamps but what I dont understand is that they still have no room correction system in place
    I find Rotels lack of features disturbing.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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