Question about new Rotel line conditioners

[H.Donald]

First and foremost...how do they do it??...mainly the price.The new 1040 is going to sell for less than 500 bucks.It has all the amenities...multi-stage protection,isolated noise filter banks,and here's what gets me....automatic voltage regulation.

M**ster has their AVS 2000,which retails for over 1500 dollars,and it's sole job is voltage regulation.We can debate all day if we really need it...but you still have to buy a power conditioner for full protection.Which will range between 300 to 1000 dollars more.

So my question is...how does APC/Rotel make a product for under 500 dollars to replace two Monster products that you would need to spend 5 times as much for.

I know that Monster is over priced....but am I missing something?

[aud19]

I know that Monster is over priced....but am I missing something?

Well there's that, I mean you are paying for there advertising and litigation depts... :B : :lol:

But secondly, remember that APC is one of the worlds largest and most succesful companies in this field, their expertise, sheer volume, component sharing and economies of scale etc all contribute to affordably priced, quality components

[Kevin D]

Exactly, APC does one thing; Monster does (attempts) everything.

Kevin D.

[Russ L]

H. Donald
You can get the new 1040 in an APC box for about for about 299US. Just doesn't look as nice as the Rotel unit! So all that for even less money! Check out their site...APC H series power conditioner (if memory serves...?)
Russ

[H.Donald]

Thank you,but I just bought the 1040,I paid 450,plus tax for the Rotel "look"....and still feel like it was a bargain.

[Russ L]

The Rotel 1040 is the 1.5 kVA version and the APC equivalent costs $399US. (The APC 1.0 kVA version costs 299). So I would pay an extra $50 for the Rotel look to match my RSX-1057 and to handle a greater amount of power. Well worth it!
Russ