This Amp Made my Head Explode! Rotel A11 MK ii is the best integrated amp under $1000... maybe

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  @cheapaudioman · 3 years ago · pinned

  Rotel A11 mk ii <a href="https://howl.me/ckrnTMVOxLA">https://howl.me/ckrnTMVOxLA</a><br>Intro graphics by <a href="https://johnvilardi.com/">https://johnvilardi.com</a><br>Support the Channel! Shop on Amazon <a href="https://amzn.to/3W8vsgK">https://amzn.to/3W8vsgK</a> <br>Crutchfield <a href="https://shop-links.co/cguPK8XEGmt">https://shop-links.co/cguPK8XEGmt</a> &nbsp;<br>Join the best hifi community out there! <a href="https://patreon.com/cheapaudioman">https://patreon.com/cheapaudioman</a> <br>TRY ROON <a href="https://roonlabs.com/r/RTmYWdCP9kitqouBa5pcIw">https://roonlabs.com/r/RTmYWdCP9kitqouBa5pcIw</a><br>Tidal Deal <a href="https://bit.ly/3siuqSF">https://bit.ly/3siuqSF</a> <br>Amazon Unlimited Music Trial <a href="https://amzn.to/3DRAVj9">https://amzn.to/3DRAVj9</a> <br>Crutchfield <a href="https://shop-links.co/cguPK8XEGmt">https://shop-links.co/cguPK8XEGmt</a> &nbsp;<br>Best Buy Deals <a href="https://shop-links.co/cf9yDZeYtUH">https://shop-links.co/cf9yDZeYtUH</a> <br><a href="https://amzn.to/3GkNaop">https://amzn.to/3GkNaop</a> <br>CAM Store (New Products!) <a href="https://bit.ly/30Lgu4K">https://bit.ly/30Lgu4K</a> <br><a href="https://apos.audio/?sca_ref=552340.TY98BPcZ6P">https://apos.audio?sca_ref=552340.TY98BPcZ6P</a> <br><a href="https://massdrop.7eer.net/qnOye5">https://massdrop.7eer.net/qnOye5</a>

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• KO

  @Kouros-t6d · 3 years ago

  What I do like about this amp is that the tone controls are physical ! you don&apos;t have to enter a dumb menu in order to use them! less digital = More intelligent

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• RO

  @RogerBergqvist · 3 years ago

  I like when a product is not over designed, but the sound is good. A bit NAD over it.

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• JI

  @jimgardner5129 · 2 years ago

  Dated? &nbsp;No way! &nbsp;Perfect, to me. &nbsp;Basic and unassuming.

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• SY

  @SyzygyNoon · 3 years ago

  It’s nice to see one button for each input so you don’t have to cycle through all of them.

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• JE

  @jeffjefferson7384 · 3 years ago

  Compact and gorgeous. But that&apos;s enough about Randy, the amp is good too.

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• DE

  @dexon555 · 3 years ago

  I’ve owned the A11 Tribute for a little less than a year and listening to music on it actually makes me deeply emotional. Rotel have done a spectacular job in my opinion. (Setup: Rotel A11 &amp; CD 11 Tribute, DALI Oberon 3 Speakers and IsoAcoustics Aperta 200 stands).

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• UF

  @ufopulse · 3 years ago

  Rotel has made some of the best sounding amps for DECADES

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• SC

  @Scottyman99 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The A10 MkII appears that it would have the same sound quality, but no internal DAC. Same wattage, S/N and THD. The A10 MkII appears to be the better deal especially if you want to use your own DAC.

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• RU

  @russellgooding7475 · 3 years ago (edited)

  When I first got into HIFI in the UK in the early 80&apos;s. Aside from the usual suspects of traditional British brands, so Naim, Rega, Quad, Linn, Audiolab, Arcam and so on. <br>The highest regarded next tier for UK audio fans included the real value Japanese amps. This was very much the likes of Marantz, Denon and Rotel.<br>Rotel especially were always regarded as high quality back then. I believe all these years on, although now assembled out of China, not Japan. It doesn&apos;t surprise me they have regarded, a strong product, with a high pedigree.<br><br>Personally having owned the Rega Brio (current edition, post 2017). That retailed at £700, and is now close to being replaced, and available on local 😂discount at £550 in the UK. I would personally take that as my top sub £1000 amp tbh. It is only analogue, with next to no features. But purely sonically it is very very good, produces tonnes of current, even at 50w, &nbsp;and easily drives 85db 4 Ohm speakers, plus being a Rega, and given their Turntable history its only feature is a still very strong phono stage built in. <br><br>But frankly the good things still said sonically about the Rotel Amps in the same price range doesnt suprise me at all. They were always very well regarded this side if the pond, and were a well respected company who always equally cared most about the sound.<br>I am glad that that still rings true.

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• TJ

  @tjohnson9909 · 3 years ago

  I have a Rotel amp and preamp that I bought when I was in the military back in the early 90s that is still my primary audio components to this day and still sounds as good as ever! &nbsp;Love your channel!

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• 4T

  @4thewinir344 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Good informative review. I think a better comparison would be against the similar sized, build quality and priced Audiolab 6000a. &nbsp;Here’s to hoping you consider a review!

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