Rotel Pics from a dutch Audio Fair

[Scarp]

Today there was a dutch fair for audio equipment and here are some pictures of the dutch B&W/Rotel stand.

Btw, good news for dutch owners of a Rotel 1066. I got confirmation from B&W Netherlands that you can officially do the resistor cut modification (or take the unit back to your dealer) without loosing guarantee.







Rotel 1095 with clear cover



Cant resist showing some of the speakers they had there:
B&W Signature 800 (as fronts) and a normal 800 as center (and they used two of them as rears). Not powered by Rotel though (lets face it, the 1090 cannot even move the woofers at all), but Omega monoblocks.



For me the price for most beautiful amp goes to Chord:

[SpOoNmAn]

Nice pics Scarp!

But I have a question...

The 1090 at almost 400 per channel @ 8ohms cant power the speakers you mention? I'm not familiar with the B&W's so I'm clueless on this one.

Yikes!




Life is short, Play it LOUD!

[Scarp]

I havent tested it myself, but I know some people who tested a big Classe, big Vincent and the RB1090 on several B&W speakers. The classe came in last, the VIncent and 1090 where a close call. They tested on the B&W 804, 803 and 802. For those speakers all three amps where okay. But on the 801 that the tested the Rotel was a mess and the remark was that it didn't even move the woofer. Obviously it will move but the result is less than pleasing.

The signature 800 can handle from 100 to 1000watt (!), but for such an speaker (at a cost of 35.000 per pair) you really need a better amp than the 1090 to get the optimum result. This doesnt mean the Rotel amp is bad, but it just cannot handle these kind of speakers.

Before getting into a discussion about sensitivity and stuff ... its just a matter of matching a amp to the speaker and the rotel amp is a mismatch on this speaker and it deserves a even more high quality amp.

Lucassound uses Chord amps on their 802's btw.

[art vandeleigh]

wow!! great pics!!!! im practically drooling all over myself from your great pics!! thanks for taking the time out to post them up!

i have never seen the black 1098 and i must say it looks really mean.:twisted: as for the classe comming in last on a test of amps matching to b&w speakers is a little strange. given that classe amps are considered class A as compared to rotel amps that i think are rated in the class c category. and you say that classe came in last compared to a rotel?

who did this test and what did they not like about the classe? which classe were they using?

[Scarp]

Hmm... lets not discuss classe / Rotel here please. It was just an example. Its a matter of preference what sound someone likes. I'm not a fan of classe, but many other people are.

[eelco74]

Damn nice pictures. I already reserved tickets last week. I can't wait to to go there tomorrow. Just a shame that it takes me 4 hours to get there and get home again.

I have not seen the rsp1098 yet. So tommorow will be the 1st time :-)

[Scarp]

Damn nice pictures. I already reserved tickets last week. I can't wait to to go there tomorrow. Just a shame that it takes me 4 hours to get there and get home again.

I have not seen the rsp1098 yet. So tommorow will be the 1st time :-)

A 15 minutes drive for me

[eelco74]

Actually I asked about the BM fix. You can do it yourself.

BUT only do it if you work neatly. Then your warrenty will last.

If unsure let Rotel do the fix for you.