You are absolutely correct, Knownothing, in stating that mileage does vary -- more often than not in this hobby! Both are solid budget units and are sure to provide the original poster with great listening enjoyment.
After owning both of these units, I believe the RCD-1072 will serve as a better transport should the poster wish to upgrade to an external DAC in the future. I used the Rotel as a transport to the Neko Audio D100 DAC in my system and got good results. One heck of a DAC that was! Rivals more expensive DACs and CD Players.
