2 Rotel power amps for sale, moving on as some system reshuffles and new kit coming in.
The late 90's 9xx considered a "golden era" for Rotel amps, with serious attention paid to clean power supply and clean current delivery, exactly what you'd want in an amp.
Rotel BR-971 - £140 delivered.
Rotel RB-981 - NOW SOLD


Rotel RB-971 MkII
(Reviews HERE: www.audioreview.com/product/amplification/amplifiers/rotel/rb-971.html)
Current HiFi Shark Classifieds for this amp for reference: www.hifishark.com/model/rotel-rb-971
£140 delivered

Bought about a year ago from a Trusted seller on Ebay to fill in 2nd system amp duties, now replaced by something else and hence up for sale.
Big beefy sound, dual mono construction, serious attention paid to power supply quality - delivers loads of current.
Great condition, usual minor marks due to age but nothing major. RCA sockets all in great shape, treated with Caig Deoxit.
See photo for idea of great condition.


Specs:
70 watts RMS Both Channels into 8 Ohms
Bridgeable to 180 watts RMS monoblock
Single mother-board construction for all signal circuits
High current output stages
2 pairs output devices per channel
Mirror image twin mono layout
Copper bus-bars in high current areas
Toroidal power transformer
Independent "Slit" Foil capacitors and rectifiers for each channel
Power Consumption 250 watts
Dimensions Width 440mm
Height 92mm
Depth 334mm
Weight (net) 7.2kg
(Reviews HERE: www.audioreview.com/product/amplification/amplifiers/rotel/rb-981.html)
Current HiFi Shark Classifieds for this amp for reference: www.hifishark.com/search?q=rb-981

£270 Delivered, quite a bit less than I paid for it.

Bought this in April as a "stop gap" power amp after moving on from valves?
1 Previous owner before me, traded in as part of an upgrade and in fantastic condition.
Clean example, zero swollen caps or browned out resistors - been well looked after by myself and 1 previous owner.
Massive transformer, beefy power supply caps and the thing weigh’s a ton. Exactly what you’d want in a power amp.
Like the 971 a dual mono construction, 130 watts a side, able to put out a constant 30A current...loads of grunt on tap.



Turned out not to be the Rotel at all, the valves in my Preamp input stage needed the bias current adjusted, and sound was dead silent afterwards.

As clean an example as you'd be able to find, massive bang for buck amp.
A beast of a thing, only selling as something better is coming down the pipeline.

Looking for £270 delivered to UK, which is quite a bit less than I paid for it.


Thanks