about five month ago, but sometime before that he happened to leave me a goodbye present. I was unpacking my HT gear for the basement after a year in storage elsewhere in the basement and find my RSP985 which was in its box and under a blanket on a top shelf of a utility shelf now uncovered with the box flaps up and none other than a large cat vomit stain across the top of the unit. Son of a ..... Well it only got through the ventilation holes slightly on the right side and the rest stayed on the top without penetration. No rust or corrossion on the chassis, only discoloration.
Inside I found only three small puddles of the stuff dried up on various components on the main board and secondary board above it on the right side. I cleaned first with a bamboo skewer, then a cotton swab wetted slightly with electronic cleaning spray. Inspection didn't show anything abnormal and only a mounting screw showed corrossion. I plugged it in and turned it on and all appears normal. I will test it with an older RB850 2 channel amp and a cheap dvd player and have one cheap center and sub from radio shack still sitting around so I don't have to sacrifice my new 600 series B&W's. Any advice before I hook all this up? I really don't want to go get another processor right now and this one always sounded really good.
If worse comes to worse, how does this unit stack up against some of rotels newer processors or even something from the 10xx stuff? Aside from HDMI, (which for me picture is second to sound) would a newer processor show me gains in sound quality? Anyone here with experience with the RSP985?
Once I'm convinced I'm out of danger I will hook up the RMB1095.
Inside I found only three small puddles of the stuff dried up on various components on the main board and secondary board above it on the right side. I cleaned first with a bamboo skewer, then a cotton swab wetted slightly with electronic cleaning spray. Inspection didn't show anything abnormal and only a mounting screw showed corrossion. I plugged it in and turned it on and all appears normal. I will test it with an older RB850 2 channel amp and a cheap dvd player and have one cheap center and sub from radio shack still sitting around so I don't have to sacrifice my new 600 series B&W's. Any advice before I hook all this up? I really don't want to go get another processor right now and this one always sounded really good.
If worse comes to worse, how does this unit stack up against some of rotels newer processors or even something from the 10xx stuff? Aside from HDMI, (which for me picture is second to sound) would a newer processor show me gains in sound quality? Anyone here with experience with the RSP985?
Once I'm convinced I'm out of danger I will hook up the RMB1095.
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