sunfire cinema grand II vs rotel 1095

I have an EAD Signature and use to own an EAD Powermaster 2000 (awesome amplifier I sold to buy 2channel amplification for my audio system). I replaced it with the Sunfire Cinema Series II 225x5 Architeture series (17" wide and 12volt turn on). I love the fact that it runs cool in my rack and that is one reason I bought it versus a mosfet style like the Rotel so if you are going to hide it away get the Sunfire. Rotel has better quality control (my sunfire hissis a little on the back speakers but the fronts are silent, my friends has one of the RCA's wired wrong, and had to reseat an amp card (but his is a lot older first generation series). I've heard the Rotel with the Rotel 1098 processor and B&W 803's at another friends.. Pretty impressive.. you need lots of watts for mags... think 4ohm current, so the rotel will heat up (give it ventilation).

I think that this specific Rotel is a sturdy amp. Having said that, i think that the Sunfire is both more versatile ( two different sounds in one amp ) and less fatiguing sounding. I would also recommend running the Sunfire in balanced / XLR mode if possible. Just make sure that your pre-pro is pinned out the same. Sunfire's use the "American" pin-out on XLR's whereas many other companies use the "European" pin out. Trying to combine a Euro based pre-pro pin-out with an American pinned amp will not provide the results that the components are capable of. If you need more info about the Sunfire, fire away. Sean
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HI.
I am not a home theater type of a person,but in your case I would go for the SUNFIRE .My home theater set up is rather
simple. HARMAN KARDON AVR 7000 and BOSE ACOUSTIMASS .
I never play music on that system ,it just sounds thin.
Only movies and loud sound effects.

Best luck
George