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About the rcd-855

Posted by ramw (A) on June 22, 2007 at 01:28:10

In Reply to: opamp for rotel rcd 855 posted by twl168 on June 20, 2007 at 17:06:26:

I've had this player for many years and tweaked almost anything imaginable within. Though its basic tone was among the most natural even to date (CDM4, TDA1541A, BG's, Philips film rectifiers, very good carbon resistors-better sounding than Vishay IMO) its resolution sucked, I had two machines and in both almost all P.S caps ran dry, replace those with other Nichicon audio grade this time. As for op-amps replacement, I've tried the lot, DON'T even consider those fast-video ones, even when bypassed they make the sound thin dull or shrill-the AD826 were horrible f.i. If you want to waste your time please go ahead though, Put in a couple of good sockets and try several audio op-amps, IME, the opa2604 would be your final choice. For other mods search authors: Ryan and gads. There's not much to tweak in this player for Rotel really put in the best stuff considering its retail price, Put good female jacks and solder them directly to the PCB using the original wire, put fresh on/off switch and of course replace original diodes with FREDs or IR's 11DQ10 Schottkys.

Edits: 06/22/07 06/22/07

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