Pictures of your Rotel Set-up

[Kevin D]

Try to catch everything in one post.

1) Lights on power buttons. They are way too bright and no way to dim them. The rack is behind me so no issues when watching a movie or TV, but if it was in front of me I would be quicker to do something about it. Since they are on when the equipment is off, I have no issues walking through the room with no lights on at night! I'll eventually pull them out and experiment with some resistors to dim them down.

2) Placement. Processor is on the bottom do to the height and cables. I'm 5'11" and the volume knob is right at my nose. I don't touch it much, but on top of the amps would be just too high. In addition, moving it above the amps would require new cables for just about everything below the touchscreen.

3) Heat. No issues what so ever, doesn't get any warmer then it did on a normal shelf with 2" open above it. Since it was designed to be rack mounted from the start it seems they moved internal components around and added enough vents everywhere for a natural chimney effect. Keep in mind there's nothing under the 1570, nothing above the 1562, and nothing to the sides.

To keep the closet cool, there's two 5" variable speed fans venting out to the laundry room. The speed changes depending on what volume and source I have it at.

Kevin D.

[wettou]

Haven't updated in a while.. New pics of the rack's current state with a new sub amp and the 15 series.



Only have the top half of the rack wiring tidy.



Full rack:



From the top:

Dish Network 622
Crown Xti-2000
RB-1562
RMB-1575
RSP-1570
15" Tocuhscreen (Qsonix player)
RLC-1080
RT-1084
Panasonic VCR
Qsonix Q110 music server
AMX NI3000 Netlinx Controller
AMX Access card frame
Tivo HD
PS3

Kevin D.

nice rack :T

[wettou]

Here is my current setup. Just graduated college and moved back in with the parents for the time being so I just got all of my gear settled in. Slowly working on upgrading my stuff. Rotel RSP 1069 that is 1 week old, RMB 1075, 50" Sony 1080P DLP, JBL Northridge E90's for mains, EC35 center, and E30 rears. Not too bad for a 21 year old haha, but my dad says when I move out I get his Infinity Kappa 7.1 Series 2 speakers, which are really nice. Oh, and on the ceiling I have a vinyl pulldown window shade that works perfect for a cheap projector screen, so I can use the projector with the PS3 or the cable to get 1080i output, pretty sweet but will probably upgrade the screen soon, but right now its kindof a cash deal.

Next upgrades will be a better sub. Any suggestions? And possibly a lowboy stand that would fit 3 components wide so I can put the center channel in that. Then a few years down the road probably some B&W nautilus speakers, but until then....

I'm new here, any other skiers out there?

downhill skiing hum :B

[wettou]

WAS:


RSP-1098 and RMB-1077 swapped out for an RSP-1570 and RMB-1575.
A new cabinet, new centre, TV higher (to fit centre), and a rug for acoustic shaping!

IS:

Very nice, a Menorah!

[wettou]

Here is some pics of our family room setup. The room is not 100% finished yet but i thought i share some photos with you guy's..

cheers,

You should get rid of that table, reflections.... :W

[mjb]

Very nice, a Menorah!

Thanks!

[peepaj]

My Rotel & Paradigm System

Here is my living room setup. I listened to Rotel while on vacation last year and this is what I finally put together.
List of equipment:
Rotel RSP-1069
Rotel RDV-1093
Rotel RCD-1072
Rotel RT-1084
Rotel RB-1092 (x2)
Rotel RB-1091
Monster AVS-2000 (voltage regulator)
Pureav PF60 (power conditioner)
Paradigm Studio 100s v3
Paradigm Studio 20s v3
Paradigm CC-570
Paradigm Servo-15 v2 (sub 1)
Boston Acoustics PV800 (sub 2)
Cables
White Zombie (Nosferatu) - (cd to processor)
White Zombie (La Cacanya) - (processor to amps)
Audioquest slate w/dbs packs (front mains & center, bi-wired)
Canare 4S11(rears, bi-wired)
Audioquest sub-3 w/dbs packs

[Alfred]

The image of my Rotel setup:


Regards,
Alfred

[Alfred]

Oh...my image has disappeared.

Here I uploaded it again:


RCD-1072
RSP-1570
RB-1080
RMB-1075

Regards,
Alfred

[style]

Hallo Alfred,

clean setup. :T

the rack is on plexiglas or what for material?

the speakers are a Diy? Echte Deutsche teilen?

Grüssen Style

[Alfred]

Hi Style,

no the rack is from USM Haller (made in Switzerland). The material is metall.
I buyed the speakers a a construction set. But I did small modifications like other bass loudspekers, strengthening of the rear side and filling all hollow space with quarz sand.
Of course the painting is not part of the construction set. ;-)
But the center speaker is complete DIY. The mid tone horns were build by a CNC machine.

Regards,
Alfred

[style]

Hallo Alfred,

yep!!, the USM make a great office table, racks, all what you want.
and is not a problem if you have depth ampli!

the speaker look's good. the horn are very nice.

you have never see the speakers from a company called "Odeon"?

are all in "Holz" they are very nice.

In your system with the RB1080 you drive left&right & with the 1075 center, rear,...?
bi.amp for the front?

Style

[Alfred]

Hello Style,

I have never seen the Odeon loudspekers before. But they are looking very nice.

Yes you're right. I'm using the RB1080 for my front speakers. But only with bi-wirering and not with bi-amping. The RMB1075 is only for center and the four surround loudspeaker from Klipsch.

Best regards,
Alfred

[BWLover]

this is my Rotel RCD-1072. I love this baby. Shes sitting on a 20 pound piece of slate supported by 3 solidteck feet of silence http://www.solid-tech.net/products/feet.htm



And here is my system

[Mig17]

Very clean room

[miner]

Very nice setup. Where is the turntable? Just in case yo do decide to add a TT the phono pre on the RC-1082 is pretty good, I thought, until I demoed a Graham Slee Era Gold V. What a difference it made. I truly love vinyl vs digital.

[BWLover]

Thanks. I like it to be very clean. As for the turntable i was actually going to call my local dealer and talk about getting into a budget TT to start out. I will then be removing my CDP off the feet of silence and using that for the turntable as it will be more of a benifit. I was thinking a pro-ject TT?

[B&W_Group_Fan]

BWLover,

Nice setup. As a former owner of the RCD-1072, I loved it as well.

Enjoy!

[Hdale85]

Look at the Music Halls as well. Not sure what you are looking to spend but those low-mid level music halls like the MMF-5.1 and MMF-7.1 are very big bang per buck setups.

[mvdveek]

Decided to join you guys and buy some nice Rotel equipment

Would love to hear some feedback, criticism, etc

What do you see.
TV - Samsung LE40A656 (isf)
Pre amp - Rotel RSP-1570
Amp - Rotel RMB-1575
Front Speakers - Bowers & Wilkins CM9
Center speaker - Bowers & Wilkins CMCentre2
Rears - Bowers & Wilkins CM5
Sub - Harman Kardon HKTS11
Bluray - Pioneer BDP-LX91
Decoder - Samsung DCH-R360
Gamen - Wii
Netfiler - Belkin PureAV Homecinema Power Console PF50
Remote - Harmony One
Mediaplayer - HDX-1000
Furniture - Self made















:T

[htsteve]

mvdveek,

Very nice setup. Clean. I expect that it sounds wonderful. I like the furniture, and the fact you made it yourself.

I have two comments.

* Move the CM9's and CM2 forward. Two reasons. First, I've found having the drivers for the front three as close to the same plane as possible, the synergy, the unified 'wall of sound', that this creates is very nice. Secondly, having the front three back means the entertainment center is in front of them. This 'boxes' the sound a bit. If you can, move them to at least parallel with the EC, so they are not boxed in. This allows them all to 'breath' better. You should notice refinement and improved soundstage.

* You have very nice electronics and speakers. The next area to upgrade, IMO, to compliment those capabilities, is the sub. That would tie it together nicely.


Enjoy.


Hope this helps.

[mvdveek]

Ill give it a try and will see what the effect will be.
The sub is indeed my next project. Im leaning towards a second hand velodyne DD-15. But those are hard to come by. And new ones are a tad bit pricy
A well. Need to save up for it first anyway.

Thx for the comment.

[htsteve]

mvdveek,

The DD-15 is an awesome sub. I have the big brother, the DD-18. Very happy with it. Profoundly deep, clean and tight bass. The room equalization feature is excellent. You calibrate the sub position to the room. If you change the room or change the position of the DD's, simply re-equalize. Works great.

[Nolan B]

Ill give it a try and will see what the effect will be.
The sub is indeed my next project. Im leaning towards a second hand velodyne DD-15. But those are hard to come by. And new ones are a tad bit pricy
A well. Need to save up for it first anyway.

Thx for the comment.

Black PV1 would match very well. :T

[BWLover]

yes very nice. glad to see you dumped the harmon lol

[pmarb]

My home cinema set up

Ok, it's taken me a year of upgrading to get my Rotel system in place, so having spent alot of time reading posts on this very helpful forum , thought I'd show you what I ended up with.


So equipment as follows -

X1 Panasonic TH-50PF10EK 1080p plasma display panel

X6 Monitor Audio Gold Signature Speakers (video silver finish), comprising –

X2 GS60’s
X1 GSLCR centre
X3 GSFX rears (on Apollo A3 900mm stands)

X2 Velodyne HGS-18 subwoofers

X1 Audyssey Multi EQ equaliser processor

X2 Rotel RMB-1095 five channel power amplifiers (200W per channel, 8 Ohms) – allowing biamping of front left, front centre and front right speakers

X1 Rotel RSP-1098 surround sound processor

X1 Rotel RDV-1093, 1080p DVD player

X1 DVDO iScan VP50 video processor

X1 Netgear HD EVA9150 digital entertainer + wireless keyboard

X1 Humax 9150 freeview recorder + JS Technology RGB to component video converter

X1 Graham Slee Solo headphone amplifier

X1 Sennheiser 650 headphones

X1 Grado 3m headphone extension cable


Mains Conditioning

X1 Isotek Titan (for x2 Rotel RMB-1095 power amplifers)
X1 Isotel Titan multilink (x6 socket extension)
X1 Isotek Nova
X1 Isotek GII Minisub
X1 Isotek 2K Qube (for x2 Velodyne HGS-18 subwoofers)
X14 Isotek / Mark Grant / Isol-8 mains leads


Interconnects

Various, including –

QED Qunex 2 (1m)
QED HDMI (5m, 1m)
QED P-SW (6m, 3m)
QED Scart (3m)
Cambridge Pacific (1m)
Cambridge Arctic (1m)
Mark Grant (0.75m)


Speaker Cable

QED silver anniversary bi-wire (for front left and right, and centre speakers)
Gale Hyperlitz (for rear surround speakers)


Home Network

X1 Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ 4TB NAS drive
X1 BT Homehub 2.0
X4 Comtrend 200 Mbps powerline adapters
X2 Netgear MP101 digital media players
X1 Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop


Misc.

X2 Optimum 660 equipment stands

Plinths – courtesy Topps Tiles (slate / granite floor tiles) and X3 Tesco granite chopping boards


Tony

[artv4]

Ok, it's taken me a year of upgrading to get my Rotel system in place, so having spent alot of time reading posts on this very helpful forum , thought I'd show you what I ended up with.


So equipment as follows -

X1 Panasonic TH-50PF10EK 1080p plasma display panel

X6 Monitor Audio Gold Signature Speakers (video silver finish), comprising –

X2 GS60’s
X1 GSLCR centre
X3 GSFX rears (on Apollo A3 900mm stands)

X2 Velodyne HGS-18 subwoofers

X1 Audyssey Multi EQ equaliser processor

X2 Rotel RMB-1095 five channel power amplifiers (200W per channel, 8 Ohms) – allowing biamping of front left, front centre and front right speakers

X1 Rotel RSP-1098 surround sound processor

X1 Rotel RDV-1093, 1080p DVD player

X1 DVDO iScan VP50 video processor

X1 Netgear HD EVA9150 digital entertainer + wireless keyboard

X1 Humax 9150 freeview recorder + JS Technology RGB to component video converter

X1 Graham Slee Solo headphone amplifier

X1 Sennheiser 650 headphones

X1 Grado 3m headphone extension cable


Mains Conditioning

X1 Isotek Titan (for x2 Rotel RMB-1095 power amplifers)
X1 Isotel Titan multilink (x6 socket extension)
X1 Isotek Nova
X1 Isotek GII Minisub
X1 Isotek 2K Qube (for x2 Velodyne HGS-18 subwoofers)
X14 Isotek / Mark Grant / Isol-8 mains leads


Interconnects

Various, including –

QED Qunex 2 (1m)
QED HDMI (5m, 1m)
QED P-SW (6m, 3m)
QED Scart (3m)
Cambridge Pacific (1m)
Cambridge Arctic (1m)
Mark Grant (0.75m)


Speaker Cable

QED silver anniversary bi-wire (for front left and right, and centre speakers)
Gale Hyperlitz (for rear surround speakers)


Home Network

X1 Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ 4TB NAS drive
X1 BT Homehub 2.0
X4 Comtrend 200 Mbps powerline adapters
X2 Netgear MP101 digital media players
X1 Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop


Misc.

X2 Optimum 660 equipment stands

Plinths – courtesy Topps Tiles (slate / granite floor tiles) and X3 Tesco granite chopping boards


Tony

what a setup!!!!!! i have a quick question. why stack the hgs-18s?

[pmarb]

what a setup!!!!!! i have a quick question. why stack the hgs-18s?

thanks - I did have them side by side, but made no real difference to the eq so decided to stack them so they could be in the corner

[mvdveek]

Is there no place next to the right front speaker for 1 sub? Overall room eq might improve by spreading the subs.

Nice setup!

[sunshdw]

Here's my B&W/Rotel set up:
RLC 1040
RC 1082
RCD 1072
RB 1080
B&W 683s
Behinger DEQ2496
Denon DVD3910 SACD
Integra CDC3.4 (Wife's)
SOTA Saphire TT modded
Transparent Super interconnects and speaker cable
Runco CX40HD

[Miguel]

What do you see.
TV - Samsung LE40A656 (isf)
Pre amp - Rotel RSP-1570
Amp - Rotel RMB-1575
Front Speakers - Bowers & Wilkins CM9
Center speaker - Bowers & Wilkins CMCentre2
Rears - Bowers & Wilkins CM5
Sub - Harman Kardon HKTS11
Bluray - Pioneer BDP-LX91
Decoder - Samsung DCH-R360
Gamen - Wii
Netfiler - Belkin PureAV Homecinema Power Console PF50
Remote - Harmony One
Mediaplayer - HDX-1000
Furniture - Self made

But... but... what about the wine??? :boozer:

[mvdveek]

as cheap as it comes. All the money is gone

[mucke]

My old rotel stuff

I love this old michis but i think i need a more powerful amp.

http://www.minhembio.com/mucke

[MickeyVee]

My Rotel 15xx & Martin Logan System

I upgraded from a 1067 to the new 1560 & added a 1572 amp to effectively drive my Martin Logan Clarity's.. here's a breakdown of the system:

* Rotel RSX-1560 AVR
* Rotel RB-1572 2x250 Amp driving the Clarity's
* Speakers: Main: Martin Logan Clarity, Centre: ML Vignette, Sub: ML Grotto i; Rears: B&W M-1's
* OPPO BDP-83
* PS Audio Digital Link III DAC
* Sharp LC46-D94U
* Sony PS3
* Nintendo Wii
* Logitech Harmony 1000 Remote
* Interconnects & Speaker Cable: All 'Signal Cable' [Power, Analog, Coax, HDMI, Optical, Speaker]
* Apple AirPort Express [for wireless iTunes, Library is all Apple Losless]
* Monster Pro 3500 Power

Cheers, Mark

[Guybrush]

Guybrush's theater

This is my very simple home theater:
- PlayStation3 (BluRay and DVD player)
- Rotel RSP-1066 (processor) thinking about replacing it with the RSP-1069
- Rotel RMB-1075 (power amplifier)
- Magneplanar SMGc (front speakers)
- Magneplanar MGCC3 (center speaker)
- Magneplanar SMGc (rear speakers)
- Velodyne DD12 (subwoofer)
- Optoma Themescene HD80 (projector)

Suggestions and comments are very welcome !!

[TommyV]

very nice! Definitely get the 1069.

[sunshdw]

Did a little wire organizing and added a PS Audio DLIII DAC





Thanks for lookin :T

[Tasmon]

Nice looking set up and wire organization. I notice you had a PS Audio DLIII DAC
which I have as well. I notice a recent review by audioexpress mentions that the PS audio DAC inverts polarity. Have you tried reversing the polarity on your speakers in order to maintain absolute polarity.

[sunshdw]

Nice looking set up and wire organization. I notice you had a PS Audio DLIII DAC
which I have as well. I notice a recent review by audioexpress mentions that the PS audio DAC inverts polarity. Have you tried reversing the polarity on your speakers in order to maintain absolute polarity.

I haven't heard about that but I will search for the review

[sunshdw]

Nice looking set up and wire organization. I notice you had a PS Audio DLIII DAC
which I have as well. I notice a recent review by audioexpress mentions that the PS audio DAC inverts polarity. Have you tried reversing the polarity on your speakers in order to maintain absolute polarity.

I found and read that review and it says it does the invesion deal with the balanced outputs which I'm not using. Thanks for pointing that out though :T

[Tasmon]

A quote form the review by audioexpress "The Digital Link III inverts absolute
polarity at both the RCA and balanced XLR outputs" I use RCA so I did reverse my speaker connections and the sound was greatly improved. Try it and see if you hear any difference. Let me know.

[sunshdw]

A quote form the review by audioexpress "The Digital Link III inverts absolute
polarity at both the RCA and balanced XLR outputs" I use RCA so I did reverse my speaker connections and the sound was greatly improved. Try it and see if you hear any difference. Let me know.

Thanks for catching that, I was mostly scanning through that artical and must have missed that part.

[DelRay]

Well, I did a little fall cleaning. Took all the gear out and removed the tops. Blew out all the dust.


RSP-1068 processor
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RT-1080 tuner
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[DelRay]

Pics of the amps

RMB-1075
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RB-1070
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[artv4]

Pics of the amps

RMB-1075
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RB-1070
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i should totally do the same thing!!!!!