Any Rotel love around here? Looking to power my Sonus Faber Olympica 3

Luxman?  Marantz?

I can see the Krell of yore, but the new stuff does not interest me.  

What about Arcam?  NAD?  Musical Fidelity? 

The only prerequisite I have is a plethora of options for input, including bluetooth, etc. 

My humble opinion is that a speaker of that quality deserves a shot at a JRDG integrated or a Krell etc. just bias but can't see Rotel w SF. Levinson makes a nice integrated too. I'm assuming that given the cost of the speakers you'll want all of the system to be special. just an opinion

Appreciate the comments. 

I have owned the RB1070, RC1070, RC1090, RB1092, RC1082, RB1550 and RB1582 - all treated me very well for the  music time-line in my life.  I would rate the Rotel as an upper mid-fi line.  And these models drove my B&W N804 and ASW800 sub.  Sounded great to me and many others.

Try an Exposure 3010S2D integrated. 

Rotel is OK, but I don't think it competitive with upper end lines, many of which are available for less than upper end Rotel. 

@ebm 

When you say "mediocre" sounding, which unit are you referring to and what similar price point would you recommend?  

About 8 years ago I had brand new top of the line amp and preamp from Rotel and it was the low point of my 35 years in audio. When jafant says to buy the older stuff, he means pretty old. And I paired it with B&W speakers and it was horrible. The best part about it was I sold everything and went tube. NAD is tons better if that's your price range.

@samac 

Thanks!  I heard the rc1590/rb1590 combo and I agree, very good combo!

I have been trying to locate the RA1592 integrated that's based partly on the rc1590 and rb1582mk2... But no one has it so far.

@joey_v

I'm looking into new amplification for our system and I spent a couple hours with the Rotel RC1590/RB1590 paired  with the Rotel RCD1570, AudioQuest cabling and Bowers and Wilkins CM10 S2.

In a nutshell, it was fantastic. To elaborate a bit; great tone, detail and resolution, powerful, dynamic and so easy to listen to. There was such an ease and scale to the music. Whether played at background levels, cranked up or anywhere in between the music sounded excellent.

Part of me didn't want it to sound that good. It's at the top of our budget and I was hoping (just a little bit) that I wouldn't be impressed. Well, I didn't stand a chance. After about twenty minutes into the audition I knew it was going to be the set-up to beat.

I've listened to some great stuff under $5k and I'm going to check out a few more things this coming week but the Rotel RC1590/RB1590 is going to be very hard to beat. If you have the opportunity audition it

Cheers,

Scott
 

No Rotel love here its just a mediocre sounding unit. Good luck though.

I had the RC1070 preamp before. Also had the RB1070 and then the RB1090 in the past and I enjoyed them.

I like the look of the new ones and I want to make sure the capacitors and electrics are new so they last. I need it to be worry free because this is going to the family room... need it to be reliable.

Looking for pure stereo.  

RB 1080 was a nice power amp (200+200W)
The 1066 or 1068 is a nice pre-amp processor as well.
The 1098 was the top pre-amp processor for many years.
All can be found on eBay.

joey_v

The Rotel is nice gear indeed. Seek out the older models for separates.
The newest stuff id junk-sourced to china. The older gear is pure U.K.
There is a difference, IMO.

Happy Listening!