Rotel RCD-855 CD player

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Posted on June 26, 2024 at 17:16:42

Leo loves music
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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."

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psgary

16:46:51 07/12/24

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do you have a point of rehashing this ? *

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it's not rehashing Stereophile, it's about the Rotel /nt

Story

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it has an old DAC chip

Leo loves music

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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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it's not rehashing Stereophile, it's about the Rotel /nt, posted on June 27, 2024 at 04:09:22
Story Audiophile Posts: 11158 Location: NJ Joined: December 11, 2000

it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 27, 2024 at 04:18:47
Leo loves music Audiophile Posts: 208 Joined: October 14, 2021	.

RE: Rotel RCD-855 CD player, posted on June 27, 2024 at 11:05:13
Dynamite Ham Audiophile Posts: 246 Location: State of Confusion, U.S.A. Joined: February 24, 2005	I do miss Corey Greenberg's gonzo equipment reviews. And Muse Kastanovitch too.

RE: Rotel RCD-855 CD player, posted on June 27, 2024 at 15:19:34
hesson11 Audiophile Posts: 2296 Location: Florida Joined: December 8, 2005	A friend of mine has one of those and still uses it. Still works great with no service or repairs over its lifetime.

RE: it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 29, 2024 at 06:05:34
Story Audiophile Posts: 11158 Location: NJ Joined: December 11, 2000

RE: it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 29, 2024 at 06:24:31

Leo loves music
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https://www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/Overview-Philips-TDA1541-b

RE: it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 29, 2024 at 06:46:06
Story Audiophile Posts: 11158 Location: NJ Joined: December 11, 2000	I don't need that link, just wanted to post with no message just like you did before because many here don't learn that. If you're going to put something in the subject line and leave no text message then add either /nt or /mt or * at the end of subject line /no text, /minus text etc simple, got it? Thx

RE: it has an old DAC chip, posted on June 29, 2024 at 06:53:25
Leo loves music Audiophile Posts: 208 Joined: October 14, 2021	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
Leo loves music Audiophile Posts: 208 Joined: October 14, 2021	I like Stereophile's comment "Pow-er To The Pee-pull!"

But even better, posted on July 12, 2024 at 16:46:51

psgary
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The RCD-855 was a remarkable CD player for its price ($400 in 1991), and I had one in my system for years.

Even more remarkable, however, is the Rotel CD11 that I got several months ago. It has bested the Cary 303-300 that I loved for years and was heartbroken when it bit the dust. The Cary originally cost about $3500. The cost of the CD11? On sale for $400! But here's the most remarkable part. That would have been $173 in 1991!

CD players have come a long way.

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Rotel RCD-855 CD player

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