Any Rotel/APC line conditioners avail. yet?

**aud19** · 27 July 2006, 11:48 Thursday

I've seen a few posts from lucky folks who've got there's. I say give your dealer a call and see what's up?

**shep** · 27 July 2006, 13:16 Thursday

my retailer in the Maryland area says he won't carry them, as they already have the Monster products, but can special order for me. That is what I am doing.

**Jaynaldo** · 27 July 2006, 13:49 Thursday

rlc-1040

I live in Bethesda, MD. I got mine through Meyer Emco. They didn't have it in stock, but was quickly ordered.

**Andrew M Ward** · 27 July 2006, 13:53 Thursday

The RLC-1040 and RLC-1080 are both available in either Black or Silver, if dealers don't have them on the retail floor it's not due to availability issues.

**miket** · 28 July 2006, 08:34 Friday

Hello Andrew,

when do you think these conditioners will become available in Europe?

thanks..............miket

**WI Rotel** · 29 July 2006, 01:17 Saturday

Not to burst your expectations but Belkin makes a line of power line conditioners called Pure AV. They are excellent. At the store we used a line noise meters to compare it to a monster line conditioner (the meter was a monster meter) to everybody's surprise the "cheap" (not really it was 300 bucks) belkin filtered better than the pro monster filter by one whole order of magnitude. The Belkin barely measured at all! The power cable on the thing is 3/4 inch thick and 12 feet long! An incredible buy. If you are looking for an excellent filter now there is really no need to wait for the Rotel. Furthermore, if you are running a dedicated power amp such as the RMB 1095, rotel actually recommends not using a power filter on it, they recommend you run it straight from the wall.

**mattburk** · 29 July 2006, 01:58 Saturday

What one is actually better? The rotel or the belkin? Doen't the rotel actually regulate the power?

**H.Donald** · 29 July 2006, 07:18 Saturday

That was the feature that sold me on the 1040..the voltage regulation.During the summer,mine dips down to 107/108...with this machine it is constant 119/122.

There seems to be plenty of these units in the Boston area...the dealer I went to had several in black and silver.

**H.Donald** · 29 July 2006, 07:20 Saturday

Also...I find no difference in plugging my 1095 into it or the wall.

**WI Rotel** · 29 July 2006, 14:18 Saturday

Originally posted by mattburk

What one is actually better? The rotel or the belkin? Doen't the rotel actually regulate the power?

If it regulates power that is a different story. The belkin is simply a line "conditioner" AKA filter and source isolator its a modern "isobar" system.

**wb2fcr** · 29 July 2006, 17:48 Saturday

Belkin makes a couple of UPS type units that regulate power like the 1080 Rotel.

I'm currently looking at either to add to my system.

The way the power goes out here localy whenever a thunderstorm comes through, I want something to protect my equipment. I would like something with an UPS to give the fan in my LCD time to cycle and cool the bulb before turning off.

Seaking of which - another thunderstorm currently heading my way. I can hear the rumblings....

**Andrew M Ward** · 29 July 2006, 19:23 Saturday

Originally posted by wb2fcr

Belkin makes a couple of UPS type units that regulate power like the 1080 Rotel.

I'm currently looking at either to add to my system.

The way the power goes out here localy whenever a thunderstorm comes through, I want something to protect my equipment. I would like something with an UPS to give the fan in my LCD time to cycle and cool the bulb before turning off.

Seaking of which - another thunderstorm currently heading my way. I can hear the rumblings....

Uhh... The 1040 and the 1080 both provide real-time voltage regulation... and filtration and surge protection, both units....

Just to be clear

The only KEY difference between the RLC-1040 and RLC-1080 is a battery pack, and a few other little things I won't get into...

**Kal Rubinson** · 30 July 2006, 11:12 Sunday

Originally posted by mattburk

What one is actually better? The rotel or the belkin? Doen't the rotel actually regulate the power?

Also, consider the APC units which, afaik, are the same as the Rotels but without the cosmetics.

Kal

**llubon** · 31 July 2006, 20:44 Monday

I live in Minnesota, I ordered (2) 1040 and received mine in 2 weeks... my dealer did say this was his 1st order and had no idea how long it could take, but sure enough he called back. I have had mine running and it looks fantastic (runs well too) I have a new home with good wiring so I have no problems... BUT my brother lives in an older home & when he plugged his in... the thing was clicking & klacking lt & rt adjusting the voltage... My brother about fell over... The interesting thing is you can adjust the voltage band width from narrow to wide depending on what you may need, when he set his to wide it helped and now only adjust's every now and then.

**Andrew M Ward** · 01 August 2006, 15:27 Tuesday

Originally posted by llubon

I live in Minnesota, I ordered (2) 1040 and received mine in 2 weeks... my dealer did say this was his 1st order and had no idea how long it could take, but sure enough he called back. I have had mine running and it looks fantastic (runs well too) I have a new home with good wiring so I have no problems... BUT my brother lives in an older home & when he plugged his in... the thing was clicking & klacking lt & rt adjusting the voltage... My brother about fell over... The interesting thing is you can adjust the voltage band width from narrow to wide depending on what you may need, when he set his to wide it helped and now only adjust's every now and then.

Yeah,
can you imagine all that "swinging" voltage-up-and-down being fed to a 50 inch $6000.oo plasma.... YIKES!

real time voltage correction is HUGE-ly important (in my opinion)

**Kal Rubinson** · 01 August 2006, 16:22 Tuesday

Originally posted by Andrew M Ward

Yeah,
can you imagine all that "swinging" voltage-up-and-down being fed to a 50 inch $6000.oo plasma.... YIKES!

real time voltage correction is HUGE-ly important (in my opinion)

Not necessarily for this. I can monitor current and voltage on the APC S-15 while my Fujitsu 50" goes through its paces. Current draw varies over a range of 2-3 amps depending on picture content but voltage barely moves a volt or so. In fact, although I cherish the S-15 these summer weekends with their line sags and the current-sucking of my A/C compressor, it never goes into battery mode and rarely ever into AVR mode the rest of the year.

Kal

**Joey_V** · 02 August 2006, 01:36 Wednesday

Still waiting for some to pop up on the 'gon... or until my dealer gets some. I need some voltage regulation up in here.

BTW, what prices are we looking at here for the 40 vs 80?

**miner** · 02 August 2006, 08:07 Wednesday

$500 & $1500 I believe.

**martino** · 03 August 2006, 23:03 Thursday

I will be getting my 1040 in a couple of days

After reading here that folks have their units..I went back to my guy and asked if they have shipped..He has one unit with my name on it (since I informed him on their exsistance!
Question; somtimes I wish to watch TV without turning the whole kit on (just the TV speakers)...is there anything like a zone 2 setup with the 1040?
If no I may keep my RLC-900 for my cable box and TV and use the 1040 for my audio gear.

Cheers

Martino

**H.Donald** · 04 August 2006, 07:14 Friday

The unit can remain 'on' at all times.When you plug your equipment into it,shutoff for that equipment remains the same.

There are two outlets which can be set to turn off with the use of 12 volt triggers.

Mine remains in the 'on' position at all times...I turn my other units off with the 12 volt triggers from my RSP 1068.

Any Rotel/APC line conditioners avail. yet?

Any Rotel/APC line conditioners avail. yet?

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