The reverberation that creates depth and reinforces the sense of menace was nicely preserved, even though the double basses could have dug down a little deeper. It had better resolution than the dearer Adcom GCA-510 which preceded it on test, and presented the Mahler piece with aplomb. Bass was considered a bit light, but the clean and fluid midband allowed detail to flow easily. This Rotel put in a characteristically sensible’ but engaging performance, so much so that one of the panellists guessed what it was by the second track! The same guy described the opening track as ‘lively, wiry, twangy and elastic’, which is a fair description of the track, even if it gives a rather energetic repression of the amp. Yet inside we witness a return to the older Rotel school of design with its thumping great mains toroid and high-gain Sanyo-based power amp ( 2SB817/ 2SD1047). The lack of any phono stage, even the option of a phono stage, is a further submission to the reality of a rapidly-changing market.įrom the outside, the simple friction-locked L/R volume control and independent rotary selectors for its CD, tuner, aux and two tape inputs adhere to the modern Rotel style. To this end, the new line-only RA-935BX is an acknowledgement on the part of Rotel that its previous BX-Series was not the raving success it had anticipated. After all, very few manufacturers hit the bulls-eye on every occasion. The evolution of any fine amplifier usually involves a little backtracking from time to time.
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