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Rotel introduces new mid-range but high performance preamplifier: the RC-1082.

Here’s a surprising product insofar as it offers more than the conventional ports found on a preamp. The RC-1082 accommodates up to nine source components including CD, tuner, two tape inputs and two auxiliary inputs, as well as low-noise, high-overload MM/MC phono stage with discrete, differential input stages. There’s also a Media Player input on the front panel and infra-red inputs and outputs and two 12V triggers. Rotel’s RC-1082 is a custom installation friendly device that can be controlled from a remote access point via its RS-232 interface or IR input.

A preamp needs to be able to select signals from the different components, isolate them from each other and, and amplify them without changing anything but the output voltage and current. The RC-1082 sports a symmetrical design for both its amplification lines and power supply. It features an overbuilt toroidal transformer with high current output feeding independent reservoir/ rectifier circuits. The premium filter capacitors are T-Network designs made in the UK selected for their high capacity and fast charge/discharge times which result in solid bass and transparent midrange and high frequencies. The circuits for each channel follow Symmetrical Circuit Trace strategy to ensure precise timing, pinpoint imaging and accurate soundstaging.

The Rotel *RC-1082 is available now at 1,000€*.

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