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Rotel 1072 CD vs. Music Hall Maverick
I'm about to get a new CD player, and I'm strongly considering the
Rotel 1072 and Music Hall Maverick. I've heard them both, and like them both, but at different dealers, so I really can't say how I think they compare with each other, only with other models in the same store. I need help deciding. In the Rotel's favor, it's a very straightforward machine, no extra marketing hype about anything, and a nice $699 price. The two year warranty is good as well. The music hall has the hobbyist appeal of selectable regular/upsampling/SACD, which might be fun to play with. The availabilty of aftermarket tweaks adds more the the hobbyist possibility. It can be obtained for about $1100. The one year warranty is fair. I'm really not sure if SACD is something I'll care much about, I guess if I got a player and the sound won me over then I might get into that. In-store SACD experiences do not yet have me ready to scrap my 800 old-fashioned CD's. Ultimately, good music reproduction, (with a first priority on red-book cd) matters the most to me, but I must admit some pull toward the upsampling/sacd/mods that the Music Hall offers. Perhaps that's a foolish pull that I best avoid, perhaps it's a gateway to more enjoyment of the music. So what advice do you have to help me decide? btw, the rest of my system is: Unison Unico Amp Acoustic Energy AEsprit 300 speakers Wireworld equinoix 3 interconnect Tara Labs Prism biwire speaker cables and I have been using a Rotel 971 cd player, that has just begun to malfunction after a few satisfying years. |
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