Upgrading

[ryanianmckinnon]

so told I sold my rotel RA1062 and now the hunt begins. I decided i want to go to seperates and I want to go rotel. Im hopefully going to be able to get two RB1050's and hopefully find a rotel pre amp to, if i dont find two RB1050s i might just get a different rotel power amp but im also wondering if i cant find a matching rotel pre amp what would be another that would match well with the rotel's ?

[harley .guy07]

I have seen on some forums that Nuforce preamps working well with Rotel amps. I have one in my system and it works well with my Adcom. The P-8 model I have is very small light and easy to fit into a system and after breaking in is very detailed and smooth at the same time. Reviewers have even said it has a tube type quality to the midrange without the loss of tight detailed bass and extended clean highs. I love mine and they can be found at good prices but every ear is different and what I like might not be what you do but it is just an idea.

[ryanianmckinnon]

hmm that is something to think about but all the ones i saw were out of my price range. That is true everybody's ear is different

[frenchmon]

ryanianmckinnon pm sent

[Ajani]

so told I sold my rotel RA1062 and now the hunt begins. I decided i want to go to seperates and I want to go rotel. Im hopefully going to be able to get two RB1050's and hopefully find a rotel pre amp to, if i dont find two RB1050s i might just get a different rotel power amp but im also wondering if i cant find a matching rotel pre amp what would be another that would match well with the rotel's ?

If you don't mind my asking; what's the purpose of the upgrade?

I am a big fan of Rotel, but I'm not sure that moving from an RA-1062 to 2 RB-1050s and a RC-1070 would be an upgrade in sound quality.... certainly you'd get more power, but then the question is whether your speakers need more power...

[frenchmon]

If you don't mind my asking; what's the purpose of the upgrade?

I am a big fan of Rotel, but I'm not sure that moving from an RA-1062 to 2 RB-1050s and a RC-1070 would be an upgrade in sound quality.... certainly you'd get more power, but then the question is whether your speakers need more power...

Sounds like he wants separates and not a integrated amp.

[Ajani]

Sounds like he wants separates and not a integrated amp.

If that's the case, then Rotel seperates are the way to go IMO....

[RGA]

Ryan

I am pretty close to you living in Nanaimo/Port Mcneill. I am about 95% sure I will be moving to Hong Kong for work.

If you are interested in the Rotel RC 1082 Preamp (I bought it from Soundhounds) then let me know.

rausten@dagogo.com -

ps: I also have an RB-1050 power amp

[ryanianmckinnon]

Yeah i want to go to seperates because i can upgrade more and i want more power, my speakers are paradigm monitor 9's v.6 and they are biwired, they can deffinetly take the power. RGA when are u moving there ? how much would u sell your 1082 pre amp for ? and also how much would u sell the 1050 for ? im looking to get two 1050's because they are fairly cheap, fit into my budget and they will give me enough power. send me a personal messge with the price. thanks

[harley .guy07]

If you like the sound of the Rotel gear but just want more power and headroom then going Rotel separates will probably be the way to go for you. I used to sell Paradigm years ago and have actually heard the speakers you have with a number of different front ends on them and have heard good results from several brands of preamps as well as amplifiers form different price classes(most of them being in the Adcom,Rotel,ETC class) seeing that most people that upgrade above the levels of said brands usually upgrade to a upper level speaker as well (not saying that the monitor series Paradigm are bad) in fact I ran the monitor 7's for years before moving to my Dynaudio's and they served me well for many years and you are right that they can handle the power. The only thing that I noticed with the monitor series is that they prefer a more neutral sound form your front end and they will definitely let you know if your front end has a bright side. but otherwise moving to Rotel separates might just be the right move for you.

[ryanianmckinnon]

I really liked my RA1062 it did me good, i think it will be the way for me because im on a budget and the rotel gear i want to get fits in with my budget. Yeah i am happy with my speakers i dont need anything else for now. They handled what the 1062 could throw at them what do u mean front end ? like power amps ?

[frenchmon]

Hi ryanianmckinnon.

I bought my Paradigm Monitor 7 v3 brand new in 2003. I had them for 5 years thinking they where not as good as I had heard them at the dealers and I could not find the reasons why. I had only used them in a home theater set up for all those years.

So one day I decided to run then in my two channel rig with 200 watts per channel from the Rotel RB 1080 amp. Boy was I surprised at what I heard. The Monitor 7's which previously had a soft bottom end exploded on me. I mean the bottom end presence was full...mids were a little richer and the top end was a little smoother. But the bass was just great! Made the Monitor 7's a more balanced speaker. I discovered the Paradigms need power. So I put them back in my home theater with an Adcom amp running to the fronts, and I added my Rotel CDP. So when listening to music only up stairs in the home theater, I run the Marantz as a pre and the Adcom feeds the Paradigm and I have great sound. IF you can get enough juice going through the Paradigms, you have a nice speaker.

[ryanianmckinnon]

Hello again frenchmon i love my paradigms it was a choice between the monitor 9's and b&w's but i was reading that the b&ws are mostly for jazz so i bought my paradigm's. I think when i feed them more power they will sound as good as before if not better i am hoping. i tried sending you a message frenchmon but it didnt work it said u had to clear some messages once u do that i will try and send you the message again.

[frenchmon]

Ok its all cleared now.

[ryanianmckinnon]

ok sounds good, it is going to be nice once i get everything i want, it is weird looking at my audio cabinet and seeing nothing.

[frenchmon]

ok sounds good, it is going to be nice once i get everything i want, it is weird looking at my audio cabinet and seeing nothing.

Did you get rid of everything? I thought just the amp

[ryanianmckinnon]

no I didnt get rid of everything just the amp, i have the turntable, monster power centre and my denon sacd/dvd player but that im selling

[frenchmon]

There is a pawnshop here that has a Rotel 1070 power amp. I think its $350.00

Do you want it? Its 2 x 130 watts

[frenchmon]

Sure, but I cant do it until Saturday. ITs over in St. Louis,and I live act

[ryanianmckinnon]

Thats not bad for a Rotel 1070 would u be able to find out for me, cause that would be good for my bottom end and have a 1050 for the mid's and highs

[frenchmon]

I can find out Saturday. I live in St. Charles which is across the river from St. Louis. About 20- 25 miles from my home.

[frenchmon]

Did you get my PM?

[ryanianmckinnon]

ok thanks alot hopefully it will be in half decent condition also how much do u think it would be to ship cause i dont want to spend to much to have it shipped if i have to

[ryanianmckinnon]

yeah i did im just thinking about it

[frenchmon]

The RB 1070 weighs 26 pounds..

[frenchmon]

I can put money down on it to hold it for you..that way you can get it at a later date.

[ryanianmckinnon]

there is a rotel 1050 on audiogon that i made a offer on and then the seller made a couter offer of 240+shipping which would be able 50 bucks do u think its worth it he doesnt have the original box hmm


thats not to bad for weight we will figure it out or something

[frenchmon]

Well that 1050 was $399.00 new and its 11 years old now.

[ryanianmckinnon]

So your pretty much saying its not worth it ? cause i dont want to buy something that is that old like 11 years thats almost to much for me especially for that much, a Rotel 1080 just went on for 530 o.b.o i wouldnt mind that but he only ships to the states unless i can convince him otherwise and on the 1070 thats a possiblity it depnds on how good of shape it is in

[frenchmon]

Well I would not say its not worth it. If you want it go for it. Nothing wrong with oler gear if its maintained well.

[frenchmon]

The 1080 would be a better match for the rc 1090 pre....trust me on that one....thats the same outfit I have. Its killer. You can get the 1070 later if you want me to drop money down on it for you to hold....I think the lay away is 90 days.

[ryanianmckinnon]

i know it is kinda worth it but i have only 650 right now and i need to buy either one power amp like the 1080 or two 1050's or a 1050 and a 1070 its very hard to decide i think if he is willing to ship the 1080 to canada im gonna buy it cause its a very good deal and its only 16 months old, hmm im not sure ill see what happens by the end of the day and if i get any emails or anything cause i dont want to commit to something then end up going a different way

[frenchmon]

How can the 1080 only be 16 months old? it has not been in production for years?

[ryanianmckinnon]

how old is the 1080 ? it says he bought it 16 months ago ill post the link:
http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstran&1309820581

[frenchmon]

how old is the 1080 ? it says he bought it 16 months ago ill post the link:
http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstran&1309820581

Well that could be correct. I thought it was about 3-4 years ago that it went out of production.

[ryanianmckinnon]

Hmm im glad its new which is what i want i just hope he will be willing to ship to canada, with 200 watts into 8 ohms should power my monitor 9's with plenty of power

[ryanianmckinnon]

The guy selling the 1080 on audiogon is willing to ship it to canada which makes me happy, the 1080 should be all i need to power my speakers with plenty of power and the fact that its soo new is very good to :)

[frenchmon]

Sounds good...the Paradigm will do good by the Rotel.

[ryanianmckinnon]

It is done i bought the Rotel 1080 from the guy on audiogon, it only cost me $556 which isnt bad and i know they will i just cant wait till it arrives now so i can hook it all up again. Im wondering with the 1080 if i should give it a fair bit of room to breath hmm

[harley .guy07]

I really liked my RA1062 it did me good, i think it will be the way for me because im on a budget and the rotel gear i want to get fits in with my budget. Yeah i am happy with my speakers i dont need anything else for now. They handled what the 1062 could throw at them what do u mean front end ? like power amps ?

By front end I meant preamp,power amp and pretty much the electronics that transmit the sound to your speakers. Some people refer it to the front end of their system which can include cd player to preamp to amp and ETC.

[ryanianmckinnon]

ahh I see now i get a little confused when people talk about it in that way :P

[frenchmon]

It is done i bought the Rotel 1080 from the guy on audiogon, it only cost me $556 which isnt bad and i know they will i just cant wait till it arrives now so i can hook it all up again. Im wondering with the 1080 if i should give it a fair bit of room to breath hmm

Yeah...you want to make sure there is enough room on the sides and top so it can vent. They get a little warm if you like to play loud. What are you using for a preamp?

[ryanianmckinnon]

I will make sure there is enough room i can move my shelfs around a little more to accommodate venting room. I am using a Rotel 1082 for a pre amp which should pare nicely with my Rotel RB1080 power amp :)