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Rotel RCD-855 CD player
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Posted on June 26, 2024 at 17:16:42 | ||
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![]() I repaired two of these. It has a TDA1541A DAC chip. SQ is OK. Nothing special. It has a little hump in upper bass. Maybe a good thing for small stand mount speakers. But I also have full range speaker systems. Here is the stereophile review. "So when Lewis Lipnick called the $400 Rotel 855 "the steal of the century" in Vol.13 No.7, a loud chorus of HUZZAHS! arose from the foxholes; finally, there was a cheap CD player that could hold its own with the big boys. Pow-er To The Pee-pull! The Rotel was the right player at the right time; basically a standard Philips 16-bit machine with better parts and a beefier power supply, the 855 found a home in thousands of happy systems the world over." |
RE: Rotel RCD-855 CD player, posted on June 26, 2024 at 17:21:15 | |
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RE: Rotel RCD-855 CD player, posted on June 26, 2024 at 17:22:11 | |
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do you have a point of rehashing this ? *, posted on June 27, 2024 at 03:05:34 | |
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RE: do you have a point of rehashing this ? *, posted on June 27, 2024 at 04:03:23 | |
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I usually do not read stereophile even I subscribed it. |
it's not rehashing Stereophile, it's about the Rotel /nt, posted on June 27, 2024 at 04:09:22 | |
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it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 27, 2024 at 04:18:47 | |
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RE: it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 29, 2024 at 06:05:34 | |
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RE: it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 29, 2024 at 06:24:31 | |
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RE: it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 29, 2024 at 06:53:25 | |
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Relax, I wouldn't be here for very long. |
RE: it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 29, 2024 at 07:05:14 | |
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![]() I like Stereophile's comment "Pow-er To The Pee-pull!" |