2 channel Amps for a Rotel 1055

[OnlyOne]

I'd like to upgrade to 7.1 asap with my new 1055 and have decided instead of buying a 70wpc amp for the rear surrounds that I want to get a more powerful amp and use it to power my mains and redirect the onboard mains to the back.

I would love to get a Rotel 1070 to use in that regard as 130wpc would be nice for both music and HT, and it would match my 1055, but it is too pricey for me. So I will more than likely go with a used amp from eBay or Audiogon.

So what manfacturers amps match well with the Rotel sound? Parasound, Carver, Adcom, or simply older Rotel amps?

What will determine my decision is price, so I'd like to know what amp I will be able to live with if I can't go Rotel.

Thanks for the help.

[Andrew Pratt]

you ought to be able to find a 2 or 5 channel Rotel amp used for a reasonable cost. Also you could go with the 5 channel amp and bi amp your mains and use the 5th on your centre.

There's this one that you could likely run bi amped across the front three speakers

Or this used 1070

Or this used 990

[Danbry39]

I had my Parasound 1205A before owning the Rotel 1066, but, yes, they do work together really nicely, so I'd throw Parasound's name into the pool of good synergistic matches with Rotel pre-pros and receivers.




Keith