New Classic Pre/Pro & Rotel Pre/Pro

[fhsun]

Hello, has anyone had the chance to listen to both New Classic pro/pro and compared it to Rotel pre/pro? Namely 7100 vs Rotel 1068?

Are they sonically similar or very different? How would you describe the Parasound sound?

The pre/pro would be driven by a Rotel RMB-1075 120w x 5.

I'm trying to find a dealer in my area to do some auditioning but any help here would be much appreciated!

[lbstyling]

well i had a rotel 1062, for many years, and ive swaped it in for a parasound a51- no comparison there at all, the parasound is simply in a different league in my opinion, these are different modles to the ones you state but i demo'd the whole rotel range when i bought the 1062 and found very little difference between them all.- as for the parasound, ive heard a couple of diff ones -there a similar sound-(generalisation though) i hope this helps!

[fhsun]

Thanks for your reply!

I've had much trouble locating a dealer in SoCal that has a Parasound pre/pro to audition. I did find one with a Halo but that is at a different price level/class. I was even in SF Bay area where Parasound is located but still didn't find a dealer stocking Parasound. I finally just gave up on it.

I ended up auditioning/purchasing the new Rotel RSP 1570 pre/pro that just came out and I'll be receiving it in a couple of days.

It's too bad I couldn't locate the New Classic to demo the SQ. The new HDP70 is priced the same as the 1570 but it offered a few more features than the Rotel such as Audyssey.

[Chris D]

fshun, you can look on Parasound's website for every authorized dealer and reseller! Easiest place to search.

[fhsun]

Thanks Chris. That was the first thing I did. However, many of nearby SoCal dealers didn't have Parasound hooked up for auditioning. Lot of them will only order. I only found 1 dealer that has one set up and that was the high end Halo.

[geode]

You can always contact the local dealer and see if they will work with you on it. My local Parasound dealer didn't keep the Halo in stock. We made a deal on one and he gave me a 30 day satisfaction guarantee on it. After 30 days if I didn't want to keep it, all I had to do was pay shipping back to Parasound and I would get a full refund less the shipping charge. You might note that Audio Advisor is an authorized Parasound internet retailer. They offer a 30 day satisfaction guarantee too.