RCC-1055 or RCD-1070??

[phuz]

I picked up an RCD-1070 earlier this week and I have to say I love it. But I can't help but wonder why not for the same price, go ahead and get the RCC-1055 5 disk changer? They both appear to have the same DACs, simmilar power supplies, and good Rotel build quality. The 1055 actually has an IR repeater and a few other features that the 1070 doesn't. So why not go with the 1055?

Does anyone have any experience with both of these units and is there any reason to choose one over the other? I'm probably going to take back the 1070 and get the 1055, unless someone can convince me otherwise?

Thanks!

Oh yeah, I just joined. Hi.




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-phuz

My Setup

[jaakan]

All things being equal 1070 has a better transport stage.

[phuz]

All things being equal 1070 has a better transport stage.

Thanks. Can you explain how audible this difference is? Is this the reason for the difference in the S/N ratio and overall freq. response?

The 1055 tops out at 18khz, do many recordings even go that high?

Anything else that I should consider?




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-phuz

My Setup

[jaakan]

Iook here is what you need to look at
1055 vs 1070
THD + Noise 0.008% vs 0.0045%
Power Consumption 15 vs 20watts
Weight 12.6 vs 12.8

Because they both use the same Burr Brown DAC, see the Factors

1. the power supply can be a big factor with dynamic range. Ex: To get better blacks with Plasma Display add a good Line Cond... to maintain a good stable level of power.

2. most of the space in Multi-disc players is the big tray = less space for a better power supply and other things. More moving parts = less power for the DACs.

3. Multi-disc transports/player have a higher jitter levels simply due to how stable parts are inside the player and as a whole while the player is working. To make a Multi-disc = to a single-disc simply upgrade digital buffering/Clocking stage to lower the jitter level and add a better power supply and now you have just upped your total cost.

4.single disc is 12.8lbs because of the transformer and some anti-vib stuff. = Better power supply and lower jitter.