Rotel Owner's Thread - Page 40

Hard to believe it's the Rotels.

Time to be looking around for missing/lose speaker jumper plates, etc.

Conductor terminations were the first thing I checked. It's my line of business. The extra power is coloring the mids and highs and the bass is bloated. It's back to the HK I go, and I will save the cash for a better external.

So for the layman, there is a defect in the units?

If that was the case, then wouldn't lowering the volume correct it?

I wouldn't say it's a defect seeing as both amps sound the same and what are the chances? I think the sound signature of the amps are just not my cup of tea.

Then, I would suggest you give it a bit of time first.

I've heard some mid-priced HKs >$500 < $1000. But it's been quite a few years. While they do sound warm, I found that they are not always that revealing. The Rotels may sound bright to you, but are they more detailed? Also, they may be revealing a weakness in other parts of your system. I agree that Rotel prepros/receivers can sound bright. I do have some experience with them.

All's I"m saying is that you listen to them for a couple of weeks.

They are definitely not more detailed. I hear more things going on with the HK. I'm using Polk SDA speakers so I'm used to a huge soundstage and the Rotel seems to lock everything in the center and make my ears ring. I was going to ask my audiophile cousin to come over to give me his opinion but I'm sure his bitch wife won't let him come by himself. She'll make us do a dinner with cake and coffee and espresso or some stupid crap like that. I'd rather buy a different amp. Less stressful.

I'm going to check out an NAD C272 tomorrow I think. Will let you know how it compares.

is she hot...?

With my luck, what do you think?

Add me to the Rotel Family and newbie amp owner.. Picked up an RB-976 for my new EMP setup

I'm not familiar with that particular model, but based on what you've told us, I think you'll like the NAD sound.

I use it for center, surrounds and zone 2 speakers. More than enough power. Impeccable SQ IMO

So i got my new receiver with pre-amps last night and was finally able to hook up the Rotel RB-976 I picked up. Maybe its just my mind playing with me (and im okay with that ) but wow, the ammount of detail and depth i get from these speakers having some good power going to them is great!

Even better is I was concerned about heat, but this amp really does not seem to get all that hot even with the volume cranked pretty good! It's pretty well ventilated on its own shelf with a good ammount of space on all sides. Much smaller than i expected it to be too, fits nicely in the space I had for it.

So I just bought a Rotel rb-1070 to power my Focal Chorus 814v speakers. It should arrive next week.
Have any of you used this amp so far? I am really hoping to like it.

Hi, any way to tell the date of manufacture from the serial # on a Rotel unit? Thx.

Hey guys.

I just picked up a rotel rsp-980 from ebay. I am planning on using it in my bedroom 2.1 setup for stereo music.

I dont have the remote to the unit, and I just realized in reading the manual that i need the remote to switch to the stereo or music mode on this unit.

Does anyone know where to find a rr-930 remote or which other rotel remotes might work for this unit and where to find them?

Thanks in advance!

Hi Guys,

New to this thread but wonder if any of you have had any distortion issues with your RSP-1570s when playing 2 channel PCM? I have started a thread here over on AVforums in the UK

http://www.avforums.com/forums/audio-processors-power-amps/1742765-distortion-rotel-rsp-1570-a.html

I have all the latest firmwares installed and have managed to reproduce it on another unit! but almost can't believe that no one else has found this!! Its sounds awful! I honestly thought there was something wrong with it!

I seee one on ebay but it seems a bit pricy.

If you don't have a universal remote where you can input the the codes to use the RSP-980, then I would contact Rotel to see if they sell the RR-930 or can advise which other of their remotes use the same code set. You would probably do better getting a more recent remote that's easier to find and cost less.

Yeah....I saw the one on ebay. $80 seems a bit ridiculous for a small remote like that with like 4 buttons on it

Great. Thanks for the tip. I will try contacting rotel.

Hi All,
I just bought a used Rotel 1550 receiver. I have it setup with Revel M20 speakers and a couple of Revel B15a subs. I really like the Rotel 1550 for the simplicity. I moved my theater and don’t have room for a rack.
I own a Oppo 83SE BluRay. I have the Oppo connected to the Rotel 1550 with HDMI and coaxial cables. I am trying to figure out DolbyTrueHD and DTS masterHD. When playing a BluRay disc the Oppo will show DolbyTruHD and the Rotel will show DTS. I have the video input default mode set to DTS NEO:6 Music. I am not sure if this is correct or not. Also when I play a disc which shows DTS masterHD the Rotel 1550 only shows DTS the same as when playing DolbyTruHD. This seems to happen using both HDMI digital or coaxial settings in the OSD menu. Why does the Rotel 1550 not show DolbyTruHD when playing one of those disc? What should my BluRay player video input be set at for default for sound?
Thanks for any enlightenment you can provide.
I do like the Rotel 1550 sound quality very much.

PS,
I do have the latest firmware
v 1.28
video 1.23
audio 1.15

Coxhaus

I think you may find if you have both the coaxial and HDMI activated then the Blu ray player will only output (converted internally) to the old DTS even though the player will say DTS-HD for example.

Turn off the secondary digital out on the Oppo 83SE, i bet the display will change. Found this on my Panasonic player! Your player will not be able to output both DTS HD down HDMI at the same time as converting and outputting DTS down the coaxial so it will just send DTS down both.
Edited by Grazy1982 - 3/18/13 at 5:22am

Proud owner of an RSX-1056 and RDV-1040 and wanted to chime in on my experience with Rotel in Reading Massachusetts over the past few weeks. First of, I have owned this gear since 2005 and started having some problems with the dreaded popping and cutting out, and losing my digital inputs. I called B&W / Rotel in Reading Massachusetts to see if they could provide some support. To my surprise, they offered to warranty the defective boards to the value of approximately $700. I have done the labor and troubleshooting with their help but am absolutely floored that they would warranty these parts being so far out of warranty. They truly do stand behind their products and I would not hesitate to buy more. Rotel has most definitely won me over with such excellent customer service. Props to Tyler for my constant emails and questions!

amazing! you just don't get that sort of service here in the UK! with my distortion problem using full tones on PCM 2 channel (more info posted above). I rung up B&W and they gave me a price to look at the unit (£210) and worse case price (£450). Lucky for me i was able to get someone off AV forums to pop around with his and we found the problem occured on both units. I therefore never sent the unit off saving myself some money!

Can someone please help me out. I have a Rotel RSP-1068 processor but I don't understand the bass management settings.

http://www.rotel.com/content/manuals/rsp1068.pdf

I see there is a subwoofer set up and a menu for selecting speakers as Small or Large. If I have selected all speakers as Large, can I still adjust the subwoofer low-pass filter?

Anyone?

From my reading of the manual you can (as a LFE). If you want to redirect bass from the fronts and have both the sub and speakers play the same bass then set it to MAX. If you don't want both playing the same bass then set up the speakers in the advanced menu or set the speakers to small and set the crossover low like at 40Hz. Then, the woofer will handle bass below this frequency AND handle the LFE separately.

B.

Hello guys!
I am new here and write from Italy.

I own a Rotel pre/pro (RSP-966) which I use, almost 99% of times, to listen to music through DVD player, Apple TV2 and Tuner.

Lately it's happening that sometimes digital inputs just don't work, I mean, I switch the preamp on, select video 2 as source (dvd) and press play but I get no audio from the speakers, despite I know that dvd is playing fine, since unplugging the coaxial cable from the dvd side the Rotel falls back to analog rca inputs and music plays just fine.

I also have a graphic equalizer which I use when I want to boost some frequencies a bit (because my speakers are a couple of active nearfield studio monitor and they sound quite flat when volume is low), that's plugged to the Rotel through the "tape 2 monitor" loop and its spectrum analyzer confirms that analog signal is coming in correctly.

I can't figure out exactly in which circumstances this problem with digital inputs happens, but usually switching the Rotel off completely and on again fixes it.
Sometimes I get no audio switching source to tuner and then back to dvd, or apple tv (toslink), some other it happens as soon as I switch the whole system on.

The display of the Rotel seems to show the active input correctly because "coaxial" lights up with dvd and "optical" with apple tv even if nothing is heard through the speakers.
I tried loading a dvd video disc and the Rotel even shows Dolby Digital and DTS on its display, so I guess it's not a problem with cabling or with locking onto the signal (I think that if it shows which kind of encoded signal it's receiving then it already locked onto it?!)

Is there anybody who can help me figuring out what's the cause and to this issue?

Any suggestion is more than welcome!
Thanks

Michele

Michele,

First confirm that you toslink cables are fully inserted into their terminals. Sometimes they get lose and cause intermittent problems.

Then confirm that your DVD player has the correct output selected in its setup menu.

Hi and thanks for your reply.

Yes, cables are plugged in correctly and they dont seem loose to me. I anyway ordered a couple of new cables in a e-shop and they should be delivered soon.
DVD digital output is enabled and working (as soon as I noticed the Rotel wasnt sending any signal to the speakers, I tested the DVD plugging the dvd cable to an external DAC I have, and that worked perfectly)

Try switching DVD for CD and see if the CD has problems on that input. If so, it is your preamp and it needs to go in for service (or use a different input). If not, then it is a cable or something with your DVD.

B.