Rotel RCD-1072 vs Denon DVD 1600

[Orange Peel]

I haven't owned a seperate CD player for a LONG time, and it wasn't anywhere near "good" at the time I currently own the Denon DVD-1600, and it is used for both DVD and CD playback. Would you think there would be a big noticable difference between the 2 say for regular CD usage? What about DVD-audio? My Denon only does CD/DVD-audio, no SACD, so I would be gaining that feature at least with the Rotel correct?

Any info would be awesome! Thanks in advance!

[will1066]

There's no Rotel player that does SACD. I think there would be a positive difference between the two, but the level of difference would be subjective.

[hammergjh]

No, the RCD1072 is a CD player only. No SACD or DVD-A playback. I don't know if you would benefit from the upgrade to the Rotel as I've never heard the Denon. But I did own a Denon DCM360 carousel CD player and the Rotel was better. Subtilely, but better. This player has been gettng pretty good reviews from the audio press. Go to the Rotel website and check out the reviews.

[Orange Peel]

Ugh, I thought it had SACD for some reason. Man, now I wonder just for CD playback if it would be better than the Denon. I have a LOT of CD's, I don't own a SACD or DVD-audio, I want to own them, just never got the 5 rca cables to hook up my analog signal. I really like the looks of the Rotel gear, and having a dedicated CD player would be nice, IF it there was a significant sound improvement over the Denon. hmmm... more stuff to think about

[Andrew Pratt]

You'd be better off buying an external DAC like the DAC1 that's been talked about in the audio area of the forum. That way you'd improve the sound from your Denon by a huge margin but not have the extra transport. That's what i'll be getting as I can't get away from my CD Jukebox as a source so this would give me the best of both worlds.