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- From: bill@rsphys.anu.edu.au (Bill Alford)
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- Subject: Rotel 855 versus Rotel 955 CD player
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 01:44:13 GMT
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- Various reviewers have noted that despite the claim that the Rotel 955
- CD player is just the Rotel 855 with a facelift, the Rotel 955 sounds
- NOT as good as the old Rotel 855. Hi-Fi Choice compared the two boxes and
- noticed that an extra 100 ohm resistor to chasis ground has been added to
- the Rotel 955 and that if it was removed you get back the sound of the old
- Rotel 855. I've opened up the box of the Rotel 955 and the extra 100 ohm
- resistor to chasis ground is plainly visible and was going to remove it
- when a good friend advised me not to. Aparently the old Rotel 855 had the
- problem that because it was floating, static could build in the system
- which could lead to mistracking and the extra 100 ohm resistor to chasis
- ground was added to overcome this problem. Why then does the 955 sound
- not as good as the 855? Ground loops?
- On a related question, what can be done to improve the sound of the
- Rotel 955. I've installed the Laser Illusions spatial filter (I don't
- at this stage know what difference it makes as the unit came with it in
- and I am going to find out how to remove it to see what difference it makes)
- and am waiting on a Simply Physics isodrive. I'm open to other suggestions
- than an external DAC as simple changes may make a nice difference and I
- don't believe that I should spend a huge amount of money on digital at this
- stage as it is changing fast (hence my initial emphasis on the transport).
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