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Power amp vs integrated stereo amp
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<blockquote data-quote="King_Julian_S" data-source="post: 828774" data-attributes="member: 14111"><p>Sorry interpreted your ? I would recommend..? comment as a ?rule?...</p><p></p><p>Anyway I doubt these amps are similar .. </p><p></p><p>Cannot find the technical circuits etc .. </p><p>but just looking at the marketing specs you can clearly see important differences that perhaps is a clear indication that inside they are not equal and the power amp does seem to be the better one .. </p><p>the power amp also was made 1997-2000 where the integrated here was 1994-1997, so a gen prior ? Doubt Rotel would not have improved across a generation ? </p><p>Assuming the 971 is ?not mk2? but mk1..</p><p></p><p>Power amp ,</p><p>More output , better Snr etc.., weight alone indicates different iron inside .. else if it was equal this should weigh far less cause you would minus the pre amp parts not so ? </p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180116/c4c73b7c399320449287f961d31cd9d1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Integrated <img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180116/3e170c977dd2d14abcd924aa5d0fb1d8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks for sharing the model detail etc.. but I?m not convinced this was an apple to apple compare .. also pre power combo was about double the cost of an integrated , + add Audiophile plugs and interconnects ,,, it should be equal then in value even if it sounded twice as good to make sense</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="King_Julian_S, post: 828774, member: 14111"] Sorry interpreted your ? I would recommend..? comment as a ?rule?... Anyway I doubt these amps are similar .. Cannot find the technical circuits etc .. but just looking at the marketing specs you can clearly see important differences that perhaps is a clear indication that inside they are not equal and the power amp does seem to be the better one .. the power amp also was made 1997-2000 where the integrated here was 1994-1997, so a gen prior ? Doubt Rotel would not have improved across a generation ? Assuming the 971 is ?not mk2? but mk1.. Power amp , More output , better Snr etc.., weight alone indicates different iron inside .. else if it was equal this should weigh far less cause you would minus the pre amp parts not so ? [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180116/c4c73b7c399320449287f961d31cd9d1.jpg[/IMG] Integrated [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180116/3e170c977dd2d14abcd924aa5d0fb1d8.jpg[/IMG] Thanks for sharing the model detail etc.. but I?m not convinced this was an apple to apple compare .. also pre power combo was about double the cost of an integrated , + add Audiophile plugs and interconnects ,,, it should be equal then in value even if it sounded twice as good to make sense [/QUOTE]
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