A Rotel 1095 question - I am scheduled to pick up a 1095 this weekend and I'm having second thoughts. I do feel Rotel makes a decent product with accecptable SQ, but I am concerned that 200 wpc may not be enough. I haven't made a final decision on speakers yet but lets assume they would be either Paradigm S6's or the Monitor Platinums. Use will be 60/40 music/ht. Room is 17'W X 19'L X 18'Ht. Acoustics are not good, i.e. wall of glass & hardwood floors. Have the Rotel users been switching to the Rotel class D amps? Thanks for your help. Mike
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Personally I think you will be fine power wise for the size of room using a 200wpc amp. I should of checked and didn't but assuming the speakers you choose are a 8ohm design. Regardless, I think working on room treatments (An 18' High ceiling can pose challenges too) and/or choosing a speaker with a tweeter that is known not to be real bright is way more important that second guessing the amp you have chosen. You can always piggy back another amp if you need to down the road.- Bottom
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Glass and hardwood will make 200w seem a lot, especially with reasonably efficient speakers - I'm sure you'll be happy with it, its still a very formidable amp.
Although, I think some Rotel users have been switching to class D amps. The 1077 is a quarter of the size and weight of the 1095 and is reckoned to be as loud or louder.- Mike
Main System:
B&W 802D, HTM2D, SCMS
Classé SSP-800, CA-2200, CA-5100- Bottom
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I use my 1095 to power my B&Ws and it does a great job. I will warn however, that it does tend to "home theater" music when listening to it. It does a unbelieveable job with soundstage and for listening to music it can have it's moments. For example, voices are placed directly in the middle of the soundstage, and while sometimes that sounds great, it can give a "target" like effect where you seem to think everything is coming from the center. I noticed this when I swapped between my 1080 and the 1095 on my Mains.
However, with that being said, I still picked my 1095 to push my Mains over the 1080, not exactly sure why, but there was something I liked about the whole soundstage of it and it's placement of instruments.
Of course HT use it's awesome with, so have no fears there. If you were driving more difficult speakers, I'd say you *might* want to find something else, but the 1095 has been a BEAST for me and driven some of the most difficult speakers I could find.
Just sit back and enjoy!Digital Audio makes me Happy.
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Originally posted by mike_lThanks Pewter. I think I will hold off for a bit on the 1095.- Bottom
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