Rotel RC-1580 vs RC-1570

[BWLover]

Hello everyone. With the recent information about new Rotel products (i.e. RB-1590), I wish to upgrade all my 10 series equipment to 15 series. I have a couple questions about these two pre-amps.

1) Is the 1570 (or any 15 series piece) a true balanced design? If they are I'd like to go balanced from cdp & DAC>pre>amp.

2) I will not be using digital equipment with my pre amp. Will the 1580 sound better as it is completely analogue?

Side note: I plan on getting the Rotel RDD-1580 DAC. So the DAC features on the 1570 would be useless to me.

Thanks in advance!

[lastexit]

2) I will not be using digital equipment with my pre amp. Will the 1580 sound better as it is completely analogue?



Side note: I plan on getting the Rotel RDD-1580 DAC. So the DAC features on the 1570 would be useless to me.

Thanks in advance!

I can't answer your first question but if I were you, I'd go with the RC-1580. However, I don't see it listed on Rotel's website anymore so it is probably discontinued.

I saw Kal's posting about the new amplifiers at CES 2015. Maybe an RC-1590 is around the corner -- if so, it could possibly be very similar to the old RC-1090. Since the RC-1570 is the only preamp available from Rotel now, we may be seeing a new product in the future. (They usually always have two preamps, a more expensive option and a budget piece). I haven't seen any news regarding a new preamp offering, so this is all speculation.

I hope you find this helpful!