Audio Research D200 or new Rotel 1080


The price is the same for these two amps. Is the Rotel in the same league as the older AR D200? I have a chance to buy a D200 in excellent condition but I am unsure because of its age. Any thoughts? Thank You.
128x128foodman

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Dear Foodman.
Te only thing I have to say about the ARC D200 is that I thought mine was broken when I first checked it after a trade in. A couple of days warm up did not change that.
The guy who released it from me was hearing sweet hights and a good midrange. Still puzzels me.
I do know that the Rotel products have succeded to crawl from the grey sound of yesteryear, but beware of their balanced inputs. Lousy implementation, and BAAD technique.

Hans