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In Reply to: Rotel 1072... posted by SFDude on March 09, 2004 at 10:24:18:
...and I bought mine at San Francisco Stereo. The sales guys could quote that "TAS" review by heart. I didn't care for how the Rotel sounded in the shop (the setup is kinda screwy), but it sounds great at home. Can't compare it to the Arcam player because I haven't heard it.
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...at SF Stereo on Market St. It's right at the entrance and in a system with AP Spark IIIs.Very odd to be able to listen to it carefully unless you have no idea what you are listening to other than hearing the SFStereo salespeople spew on about how good it is. It kinda turned me off from even considering taking it home for an audition, although I know I'm doing a disservice to it by not doing so.
That upstairs room at SFStereo is even more wonkier...I played a CD that I *KNOW* has some weird phase effects going on which placed certain sounds way off to the right of the speakers, but the way they had the Burmester system set up with the Dynaudio Temptations (I believe they were Temptations) leads me to believe it wasn't properly set up to begin with. The soundstaging effects weren't there.
Regards,
Dave
...right by the door (noisy), in front of glass (too reflective?), in a corner (awkward reflections?) and with the speakers about five feet apart (too close?). The sales guys were raving about the 1072, and I was like, "The sound is dry and flat." I'd done some research on it, so I came to the shop somewhat prepared. I took one home because I figured the setup was the big problem. And it was, IMHO.Service at S.F. Stereo can be weird. It depends on who you talk to. I felt I got a real hard sell regarding the Rotel, which made me a little annoyed. I got really annoyed when the sales guy tried to bully me into buying $180 ICs (and "bully" is not too strong of a word). But the guy who helped me buy speakers a while back was great.
Jeffery
YOU like the sound of your Rotel :) So enjoy it! I have not had the chance to compare the 73T to the 1072 nor hear them both in fact - but whatever - all that matters is if you are happy with how yours is - I can tell from your post that you are :)If someone else listend to the two and liked A better than B great - good for them they SHOULD buy what sounds better to them - but ultimately - its your ears :)
So just relax - don't worry about defending your well regarded product (and i am not being sarcastic) and simply ENJOY the music :)
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