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After many years of using AV amps with 5 speakers I wanted to go back to pure stereo as I was fed up with the poor levels of power delivery and distortion values of low to middle AV units in stereo. This power amplifier is heavily built with a healthy (and real) 70 wpc. It will drive speakers within a good range of sensitivity. I use this with a pair of speakers rated at 90db efficiency. It hardly breaks sweat to reasonable sound levels. It should be paired with a good quality preamp as this will make a difference. I run the Rotel with a Yamaha C-45 preamp, which is of the same quality and build. It is a simple device, an on/off switch, input for the preamp and a pair of speaker posts. All you need to really enjoy your CD's / tuner / vinyl TV etc. in stereo (with the appropriate preamp). This amp has headroom so you really get the rise and fall of music and it will deliver the fine detail you put into it. A great buy from an Ebayer who packaged it really well, and had obviously looked after it.Read full review
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Good value when it was new, excellent value today! Plenty powerful for most loudspeakers and very good sound quality. RB-971 has aged very well! Buy two and bridge them to two 180 Watt mono blocks if you have 8 Ohm loudspeakers. Don't bridge if your loudspeakers have less than 8 Ohm impedance! I tried briefly with one of my 6 Ohm loudspeakers and the amp started smelling hot within minutes when I turned up the volume! Less than 8 Ohm when bridged results in higher output power than the amp is designed for. Still, 2x70 Watt is plenty for most speakers, even if my 6 Ohm floor standing loudspeakers really benefited from the extra bridged power. RB-971 - excellent value, excellent sound!
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I have been using the product for +12 months and am most satisfied with it. This particular unit was in excellent condition and the performance is stellar.
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Designed in UK, made in China to a good standard. Sounds sweet, however the capacitor in the signal path is not satisfactory and is in need of upgrade. Despite this impediment, the Rotel amp is good bang for the buck.
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Another fantastic bit of kit by Rotel, clean abundant power and good build quality.
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