Upgrade advice

[Baphomet]

Looking to upgrade from my current Yammie, and the driving criteria is 2-ch performance. As I already have a high performance 2-ch power amp (ME-550II)
do I

1. buy the 1056 and pre-out to the ME

2. Buy a RSP-1066 and RMB-1066 (bridge the power amp to 3-ch + ME)

In a nutshell, is the pre-amp in the RSP-1066 significantly better than that in the 1056 ?

Regards

[soundhound]

It is definately an option where you will want to listen to the RSP-1068, and RSX-1056 for your'e self. I did an A/B test with mine and bought the 1068. 2 channel was my biggest concern. Had I not been able to do a side by side the 1056 may very well be setting in my rack right now. Either will make a noticable improvement over your'e Yamaha, I came to Rotel from there.

[Baphomet]

Thanks for the advice

[JDH]

Thanks for the advice

You didn't say what Yamaha Receiver you are upgrading from? I did something similar I upgraded from a Yamaha RX-V3000 and puchased a discounted RSP-1066. I wouldn't recommend buying the RMB-1066 and bridging it. Better option might be the RSP-1068 and 5 ch RMB-1075 which you won't need to bridge to get reasonable power and you would have a couple of spare amps in the 1075 to drive either a future 7.1 setup or zone 2 area, I think you will find there isn't a big difference in cost after the normal discounts etc.