Recent content by Shanafee

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    Need advice on Amp, New Rotel vs Older Bryston, Krell, or McIntosh

    Ok I was a little concerned. Now I'm pumped for this setup haha
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    Need advice on Amp, New Rotel vs Older Bryston, Krell, or McIntosh

    So basically I shouldn't worry that a volume of 70-80 on the Rotel's only leaves a 20-25% margin for me to play with? Is the volume control not linear?
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    Need advice on Amp, New Rotel vs Older Bryston, Krell, or McIntosh

    I worked for a summer in college briefly at an audio store during the time when the B&W CM10 S2's were somewhat new and McIntosh Components were sort of the flagship of the store (2013-2014 I think). The owners of the store instilled this notion in me that McIntosh gear is the end all be all and...
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    Need advice on Amp, New Rotel vs Older Bryston, Krell, or McIntosh

    Thank you, Basso. That's helpful. I definitely don't want to be going down a rabbit hole haha and might be over thinking it.
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    New to hobby: McIntosh D150 w/ McIntosh Amp vs. Rotel Separates

    Hi, New to the forum and hifi hobby. I am looking to build a system but having trouble finding which direction to go in. I use a Sonos Port as my source streaming Tidal and wanted a 2 channel system that I wouldn't have to manually turn on when I wanted to play music. I found that the Rotel...
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    Need advice on Amp, New Rotel vs Older Bryston, Krell, or McIntosh

    Hello fellow forum-ers, Brand new to the community here, excited to start the journey haha. I wanted to get some insight on which amp I should purchase. I just bought a Rotel RC-1572 MKII because I love the feature of it being able to automatically turn on when it detects a signal. I use a...