Thread: Rotel SACD player?

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Post by Benzo October 8, 2004 (1 of 12)
I know they don't currently offer one but i was wondering if anybody knew their plans for the future. I'm hoping they havn't ruled it out since they're supporting DVD-A now.

Post by pentaman October 12, 2004 (2 of 12)
Benzo said:

I know they don't currently offer one but i was wondering if anybody knew their plans for the future. I'm hoping they havn't ruled it out since they're supporting DVD-A now.

I was told last April that a multiplayer was likely to be launched early next year.

pentaman

Post by elis October 20, 2004 (3 of 12)
pentaman said:

I was told last April that a multiplayer was likely to be launched early next year.

pentaman

In September 2003 I got this replay from Rotel team:

We are certainly considering a dual format machine, however I doubt it will see the light of day until sometime late next year at the earliest.

Regards!
Elis

Post by dvda-sacd August 18, 2005 (4 of 12)
Rotel Europe - RE: Super Audio CD - April 28, 2005

"Rotel are currently developing the new range of DVD players incorporating HDMI however, it is not known whether the player will be capable of SACD playback but the likelihood is that it will not.

We are frankly not sure about the SACD format; we feel it is better to offer a dedicated CD player rather than attempt to produce some kind of 'multi-player', which will have compromises. Regardless, all this is under consideration at this stage; there are no concrete plans."

Post by mknappe August 18, 2005 (5 of 12)
dvda-sacd said:

Rotel Europe - RE: Super Audio CD - April 28, 2005

"Rotel are currently developing the new range of DVD players incorporating HDMI however, it is not known whether the player will be capable of SACD playback but the likelihood is that it will not.

We are frankly not sure about the SACD format; we feel it is better to offer a dedicated CD player rather than attempt to produce some kind of 'multi-player', which will have compromises. Regardless, all this is under consideration at this stage; there are no concrete plans."

I don't think this should come as a surprise - Rotel put their eggs in the DVD-A basket early on and are probably reticent to support any hi-rez formats at this point.

Post by dvda-sacd August 19, 2005 (6 of 12)
It is a shame that Rotel manteins this stance. Let's matters take their course.

Post by dvda-sacd October 13, 2005 (7 of 12)
Encouraging news from Rotel!

Rotel Europe - RE: Rotel SACD Player - October 13, 2005
"Rotel have tentative plans to introduce a player with SACD capability to the range; no promises. This is likely to be next year but unfortunately, specifications and release dates are not known."

Post by zeus October 13, 2005 (8 of 12)
dvda-sacd said:

"Rotel have tentative plans to introduce a player with SACD capability to the range; no promises. This is likely to be next year but unfortunately, specifications and release dates are not known."

"Tentative" ... "no promises" ... "likely" ...

Oh well, there's plenty of other consumer electronics firms happy to take money off people for SA-CD players.

Post by dvda-sacd October 13, 2005 (9 of 12)
Universal DVDA/SACD player brands:

Accustic Arts, Agile, Ayre, Bel Canto, Bladelius, Denon, EAD, Eclipse (Fujitsu Ten), Faroudja, Goldmund, Halcro, Immersive, Integra, Integra Research, Lector, Lexicon, Linn, Luxman, Marantz, McCormack, McIntosh, Mitsubishi Electric, MSB Technology, Muse, Moon, NAD, Onkyo, Parasound, Pioneer, Primare, Samsung, Scitec, Sharp, Sherwood Newcastle, Sigmatek, TAW, Teac, Theta, Toshiba, Townshend, Ultrasound and Yamaha.

I'm sure there are many people who are waiting for a Rotel universal disc player.
According to Yasohachi Itoh (Chief Producer, SA-CD Project, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.), “Super Audio CD is now a well established format in Japan especially in the jazz and classical markets and many music lovers feel confident buying new players”. I don't know what Rotel, a Japanese company, is waiting for.

Post by dvda-sacd June 16, 2006 (10 of 12)
Who is waiting for a Rotel SACD player?

http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php4?t=13285

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