I have owned this amp now for about 18 months and i still enjoy listening to music through it , i have the amp connected to a pair of quad 11L speakers a cambridge audio cd and digitail tuner and a project turntable.
The ROTEL RA-01 is a intergrated amp with five inputs including a mm phono input for turntableTone controls bass and treble , with a tone defeat switch (switches the bass and treble off keeping the sound as close to the original as possible).
Two pairs of speakers can be connected with switching between the pairs or both pairs of speakers on at the same time.(4 in total)
Power handling is 2 x 40 watts ,8 ohms , don't be put of by what seems to be a low power rating this amp will go far louder than you can imagine , how loud a hi fi can go is down to the sensitivity of the speakers (i.e how easy they can be driven)and not the power of the amp.
Connect this amp up to some qaulity hi fi speakers and it won't dissapoint . The amp sounds great with all kinds of music from rock to jazz . This amp does not have bass boost switches or graphic equalizers thats not what true hi fi is about , the tone controls won't add bags of bass or treble, just subtle amounts ,the job of the amp is to reproduce the music as it was intended to be heard . Musical instruments sound more real and natural and the music starts to sound as though its being played in front of you and not from the speakers . This amp is a taste of true hi fi at a reasonble price.
If the amp has a critisim it is that it doesn't play poor recorded or heavily compressed music very well or to rephrase it ,it shows poor recordings up and it could be said it looks a bit plain
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