Just curious what features you would like on the next Rotel Preamp (processor - I'll say the successor to the 1068 to clarify). I realize what I would like won't match up with everyone else but I do get some great ideas from the people on this forum.
Some things I would like to see -
1) True balanced outputs
2) Adjustable brightness for the display from the remote
3) Dolby Headphone Jack
4) Network Radio In
5) More optical ins than the current model
6) More than one 1394
7) THREE x HDMI In
8) TWO x HDMI Out
9) Upgradeable for SACD 2.0,
10) This is a really important one for me - upgradeable to Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS-HD (I realize the specs aren't finalized but they could try and make sure that they have the ability to support it - I don't expect 13+ outjacks but I want to make sure it can fully process the greater bit rate / bandwidth) without having to replace any equipment. I was able to upgrade my current processor to handle DTS ES, matrix etc when they came out with a downloadble firmware update.
11) Audyssey room calibration - with manual override
12) I would like the firmware upgrade to be accessable from a USB (2.0) port on the front - that would be much more handy than an RS232 on the back. It would be so handy to use a cheap usb memory stick to do the upgrade than to haul over my laptop, access the back of my unit which is in a cabinet, connect up a RS232 cable...
I suppose someone should create a seperate thread for people looking for the features they would like on the higher end one (1098 replacement) since I'm sure there are plenty of people looking for features on a video switching preamp.
Some things I would like to see -
1) True balanced outputs
2) Adjustable brightness for the display from the remote
3) Dolby Headphone Jack
4) Network Radio In
5) More optical ins than the current model
6) More than one 1394
7) THREE x HDMI In
8) TWO x HDMI Out
9) Upgradeable for SACD 2.0,
10) This is a really important one for me - upgradeable to Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS-HD (I realize the specs aren't finalized but they could try and make sure that they have the ability to support it - I don't expect 13+ outjacks but I want to make sure it can fully process the greater bit rate / bandwidth) without having to replace any equipment. I was able to upgrade my current processor to handle DTS ES, matrix etc when they came out with a downloadble firmware update.
11) Audyssey room calibration - with manual override
12) I would like the firmware upgrade to be accessable from a USB (2.0) port on the front - that would be much more handy than an RS232 on the back. It would be so handy to use a cheap usb memory stick to do the upgrade than to haul over my laptop, access the back of my unit which is in a cabinet, connect up a RS232 cable...
I suppose someone should create a seperate thread for people looking for the features they would like on the higher end one (1098 replacement) since I'm sure there are plenty of people looking for features on a video switching preamp.
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