well can you help me

[mustukk]

Well I have the rotel 1098 and the 1090 and the 1075 i need to tweak it all.This stuff is just about 10 days old do you think it would have broken in.its used for about 2 hrs a day.
Ok I feel the some how that the onkyo TX NR 901 will sound better.Well can you hlelp me on this I have not heard the 901 but have a 702.Well thanks.I know that seperates are always much better but still.......... I cant seem to decide.

Thanks

[The_A_V_Guy]

No doubt the Rotel gear will sound MUCH better than onkyo. YOu need to leave any solid state gear on 24/7 for best sound and as far as break in goes it needs to have a good two weeks to start sounding nice ( and that's leaving it on 24/7 and playing it several hours a day). I have beeen going through the same thing with a new rb-1080. It sounded like total crap for the first several days and gradually started to sound sweeter. I am at two weeks now, and it sounds incredible now and keeps gertting better everyday. My dealer says it will peak at around 1 month. Keep it on, hang in there, and be patient. You'll be rewarded, trust me!

[PewterTA]

Onkyo will sound CLOSE to what the 1098 will sound like...the one thing that will really disappoint you once your stuff is broken in (and your stuff is not broken in AT ALL)...is the 2ch listening, the Onkyo NR901 will not come anywhere close to what the 1098 can in 2 channel... Especially with you pushing the 1090 to your L/R.

You need to give the equipment a 100-150 hours of use for you and it to get broken in (that's my rule of thumb). So if you are listening to it for 2 hours a day, that's about 50 to 75 days for your stuff to really get broken in..... You've got a long way to go my friend, and it will only get better and better!!!!! Honestly about 2 to 3 hours of use a day and in about 3 weeks you should be really starting to enjoy it.

Onkyo's equipment, while good, is not in the same league as the the Rotel stuff. I know my friend runs his B&W speakers off the 901 and I have the 1098/1095/1080 combo....my sounds much better.... Especially when it comes to imagining, which is where the onkyo falls... I would not even entertain the idea of the Onkyo.

But that's just my opinion.

[mustukk]

Hey there guys thanks for your help.Ok now I also tried to connect the rotel 1098 to a theta at the B&W dealer and there was a lot of hum.The dreadnaught 2 does have a RCA out and thats how we connected the dam thing.Any idea why that happend.

Thanks,
Mustu