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| Perfect Pitch? Pbb....You should hear a song by the 1960's British comic duo Swann and Flanders. The song is "Song of Reproduction" the second cut on Angel LP 35797 (mono) titled "At the Drop of a Hat", which was the name of their Broadway show. They made one ot... | |
| Perfect Pitch? There is an interesting story about pitch..perfect or otherwise. At one time the internationally accepted standard for pitch was... middle A as played by the Vienna Opera. This developed into an international fracas because the Vienna musicians tu... | |
| optical or coaxial audio cable? Nrenter...See page 25 of the ROTEL 1066 owners manual."If no digital signal is present the unit will automatically revert to the analog input".That's the way mine works. Try this:1. Connect coax and analog to an input.2. On the OSD, select coax. T... | |
| optical or coaxial audio cable? Nrenter..Is that display the "active" input or the "selected" (by setup process) input? | |
| Rotel RSP 1066? Nrenter...How do I know what my Firmware/software Rev is, and what the latest Rev is? Do you have a description of what the various SW changes accomplished so I can tell if I care? | |
| Help me set up my system 1. I think you will want SACD as well as DVD-A, and the ROTEL SS processor has only one set of multichannel inputs. You really ought to get a player that does both. (I use a Pioneer DV45-A which is the good value that you seek at $400 to $500). 2.... | |
| Are monoblocks the way to go? Monoblocks, tube or otherwise, really have only two advantages over a stereo amp1. You can put the amplifier right next to the speaker, eliminating the cost and reputed sonic degradation due to speaker wires.2. A high powered stereo amp, particula... | |
| DD & DTS Dwudman...In audio there is no such thing as "without question". Just the same, I think you are right. | |
| optical or coaxial audio cable? Nrenter....An afterthought...If the optical cable were defective, or improperly seated, the ROTEL would detect lack of a digital input, and would automatically revert to the analog signal (which you should have connected, per owners manual, so tha... | |
| optical or coaxial audio cable? Nrenter...I suppose you realize that you can put the coax into one input and the optical into another, and switch back and forth without disconnecting any wires. Why not do the analog signal at the same time and cover all bases. | |
| Rotel RSP 1066? Chucke....I just replaced my set of three speakers with Magneplanar 1.6. It seemed like a good time to do other updates.1. My interest in a surround sound processor (in general) really evolved from my long time use of a center channel, and the des... | |
| optical or coaxial audio cable? Nrenter...I also have the Rotel 1066, and have tried out both coax and optical hookup. I hear a slight difference in gain, but that's about it. (Gain differences are easy to misinterpret as sonic quality). I will take another listen. | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Low inertia is needed in the vertical plane so as to track warped records. But many records don't have the spindle hole placed exactly right, so there is some side-to-side arm motion, similar to warp but in the other plane. Your arm modification w... | |
| Who makes a pre/pro with SACD Input? My Rotel 1066 has inputs for multichannel analog signal sources...SACD, DVD-A, and anything else they may dream up. When the MULTI input is selected all circuitry of the PRE/PRO except the volume control is bypassed. And there doesn't seem to be m... | |
| Damned if I Do and Damed if I Don't My solution was to put everything possible on shelves in the cellar, which means that your equipment rack, (or built-in alcove in my case) can be a lot smaller. In my case I have hidden away ten channels of amplification (biamped surround), electr... |