I finally read Hi-Fi's review of the RSX 1055 and 5 other AVRs. The 1055 got a good review. However, they did discuss bass management and perform some lab tests. The tests did evaluate bass circuitry performance. They did point out some issues with bass mgmt. with the 1055 and some of the other receivers. As most of you know, Rotel is not the only company tyring to deal with bass mgmt. It is a common problem.
I did find it interesting that they found the biggest errors in the bass redirection circuitry to be with the small speaker settings. They measured up to a 17 dB boost in the bass channel. This seems to contradict the thinking here that large speaker settings and the double bass are the worst case. I wonder if they took the main speaker bass into account when they measured large speaker performance.
The reviewers findings do not really upset my apple cart -- it just makes me wonder about all this. I use small speakers and have been able to get everythinng to blend pretty well. I thought you 1066 owners might be interested as well since I believe our units are the same in this respect. I would like to hear others thoughts on this if they get a chance to read the review.
If only Rotel would tell us what the differences are between these various inputs.
I did find it interesting that they found the biggest errors in the bass redirection circuitry to be with the small speaker settings. They measured up to a 17 dB boost in the bass channel. This seems to contradict the thinking here that large speaker settings and the double bass are the worst case. I wonder if they took the main speaker bass into account when they measured large speaker performance.
The reviewers findings do not really upset my apple cart -- it just makes me wonder about all this. I use small speakers and have been able to get everythinng to blend pretty well. I thought you 1066 owners might be interested as well since I believe our units are the same in this respect. I would like to hear others thoughts on this if they get a chance to read the review.
If only Rotel would tell us what the differences are between these various inputs.
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