Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Dane Trethowan]

Here's the detailed review I mentioned in my previous post.

http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/rotel-a14-integrated-amplifierdac-and-cd14-cd-player/



On 29/03/2018 7:04 AM, John Gurd via Groups.Io wrote:

it really does sound like a fantastic product. I'm jealous. :)

John


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to be honest I'm not entirely sure as I bought when the January Sales were on 
so take a look at http://www.rotel.com and look for the 14 series of products.



On 28/03/2018 10:47 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:

and how much does this beast cost?


On 3/27/2018 1:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes through USB you connect your PC, Mac etc.
Actually the amp has 3 USB ports, one for connecting to a PC
obviously, one to take an iPhone or a Usb stick for playback and
another that just supplies power so you have a charge port at your
convenience or something say to power a Google Chromecast etc.



On 28 Mar 2018, at 2:15 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote:

Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you
said it can be used as an audio card.


On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi
outlets to see if I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices
reviewed in the Stereophile and similar audio magazines in the past
12 months, this year it was the Rotel A14 and CD14 Integrated
Amplifier and CD Player I was keen to get hold of to match the T14
Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.

There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if
anyone has any specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover
what I believe to be some main points about the Rotel 14 series.

Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though
the testing says the amp delivers 105 watts.

The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD
inputs, two Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical
which feed a 38400K/32 bit DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and
finally inputs for your iPhone or a USB input to allow connection
to your Mac or Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a sound card
with a digital link to your computer for playback of audio.

The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front
for input selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when
trying to select the appropriate input.

Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an
integrated system thus all the components can be controlled by an
IOS app for source selection, text display of the CD titles, text
display of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, selection of tuner presets,
manipulation of connected Bluetooth devices etc.

The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App
along with speaker A-B sellection.

The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've
heard in an intigrated amp.

If you wish to expand the system further then you can add
sub-woofers to the A14 or a Power Amp.

The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6
buttons on the front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD
player is but sonic quality and build are both outstanding.

CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus
if you see a track titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the
track title will cause it to play.

All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can
listen to music from all the popular music sources such as Spotify
or stream music from anywhere on your network.

The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA
so let your imagination run free.

Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi
system with plenty of flexibility and functional features.
















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Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Dane Trethowan]

I read about the 14 series all year having first purchased the T14 in 
January 2017 and I was thus determined to get the Amp and the CD player.


There was a detailed review written on the A and CD14 respectively which 
makes for good reading so I'll hunt that up and post the link.




On 29/03/2018 7:04 AM, John Gurd via Groups.Io wrote:

it really does sound like a fantastic product. I'm jealous. :)

John


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to be honest I'm not entirely sure as I bought when the January Sales were on 
so take a look at http://www.rotel.com and look for the 14 series of products.



On 28/03/2018 10:47 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:

and how much does this beast cost?


On 3/27/2018 1:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes through USB you connect your PC, Mac etc.
Actually the amp has 3 USB ports, one for connecting to a PC
obviously, one to take an iPhone or a Usb stick for playback and
another that just supplies power so you have a charge port at your
convenience or something say to power a Google Chromecast etc.



On 28 Mar 2018, at 2:15 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote:

Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you
said it can be used as an audio card.


On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi
outlets to see if I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices
reviewed in the Stereophile and similar audio magazines in the past
12 months, this year it was the Rotel A14 and CD14 Integrated
Amplifier and CD Player I was keen to get hold of to match the T14
Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.

There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if
anyone has any specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover
what I believe to be some main points about the Rotel 14 series.

Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though
the testing says the amp delivers 105 watts.

The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD
inputs, two Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical
which feed a 38400K/32 bit DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and
finally inputs for your iPhone or a USB input to allow connection
to your Mac or Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a sound card
with a digital link to your computer for playback of audio.

The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front
for input selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when
trying to select the appropriate input.

Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an
integrated system thus all the components can be controlled by an
IOS app for source selection, text display of the CD titles, text
display of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, selection of tuner presets,
manipulation of connected Bluetooth devices etc.

The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App
along with speaker A-B sellection.

The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've
heard in an intigrated amp.

If you wish to expand the system further then you can add
sub-woofers to the A14 or a Power Amp.

The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6
buttons on the front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD
player is but sonic quality and build are both outstanding.

CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus
if you see a track titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the
track title will cause it to play.

All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can
listen to music from all the popular music sources such as Spotify
or stream music from anywhere on your network.

The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA
so let your imagination run free.

Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi
system with plenty of flexibility and functional features.
















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Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Dane Trethowan]

to be honest I'm not entirely sure as I bought when the January Sales 
were on so take a look at http://www.rotel.com and look for the 14 
series of products.




On 28/03/2018 10:47 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:

and how much does this beast cost?


On 3/27/2018 1:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes through USB you connect your PC, Mac etc.
Actually the amp has 3 USB ports, one for connecting to a PC 
obviously, one to take an iPhone or a Usb stick for playback and 
another that just supplies power so you have a charge port at your 
convenience or something say to power a Google Chromecast etc.




On 28 Mar 2018, at 2:15 am, Hamit Campos  wrote:

Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you 
said it can be used as an audio card.



On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi 
outlets to see if I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices 
reviewed in the Stereophile and similar audio magazines in the past 
12 months, this year it was the Rotel A14 and CD14 Integrated 
Amplifier and CD Player I was keen to get hold of to match the T14 
Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.


There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if 
anyone has any specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover 
what I believe to be some main points about the Rotel 14 series.


Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though 
the testing says the amp delivers 105 watts.


The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD 
inputs, two Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical 
which feed a 38400K/32 bit DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and 
finally inputs for your iPhone or a USB input to allow connection 
to your Mac or Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a sound card 
with a digital link to your computer for playback of audio.


The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front 
for input selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when 
trying to select the appropriate input.


Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an 
integrated system thus all the components can be controlled by an 
IOS app for source selection, text display of the CD titles, text 
display of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, selection of tuner presets, 
manipulation of connected Bluetooth devices etc.


The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App 
along with speaker A-B sellection.


The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've 
heard in an intigrated amp.


If you wish to expand the system further then you can add 
sub-woofers to the A14 or a Power Amp.


The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6 
buttons on the front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD 
player is but sonic quality and build are both outstanding.


CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus 
if you see a track titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the 
track title will cause it to play.


All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can 
listen to music from all the popular music sources such as Spotify 
or stream music from anywhere on your network.


The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA 
so let your imagination run free.


Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi 
system with plenty of flexibility and functional features.




















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Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Hamit Campos]

Ah that's cool.


On 3/27/2018 2:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Yes through USB you connect your PC, Mac etc.
Actually the amp has 3 USB ports, one for connecting to a PC obviously, one to 
take an iPhone or a Usb stick for playback and another that just supplies power 
so you have a charge port at your convenience or something say to power a 
Google Chromecast etc.



On 28 Mar 2018, at 2:15 am, Hamit Campos  wrote:

Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you said it can 
be used as an audio card.


On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi outlets to see if 
I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices reviewed in the Stereophile 
and similar audio magazines in the past 12 months, this year it was the Rotel 
A14 and CD14 Integrated Amplifier and CD Player I was keen to get hold of to 
match the T14 Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.

There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if anyone has any 
specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover what I believe to be some 
main points about the Rotel 14 series.

Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though the testing 
says the amp delivers 105 watts.

The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD inputs, two 
Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical which feed a 38400K/32 bit 
DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and finally inputs for your iPhone or a USB input 
to allow connection to your Mac or Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a 
sound card with a digital link to your computer for playback of audio.

The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front for input 
selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when trying to select the 
appropriate input.

Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an integrated system 
thus all the components can be controlled by an IOS app for source selection, 
text display of the CD titles, text display of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, 
selection of tuner presets, manipulation of connected Bluetooth devices etc.

The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App along with 
speaker A-B sellection.

The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've heard in an 
intigrated amp.

If you wish to expand the system further then you can add sub-woofers to the 
A14 or a Power Amp.

The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6 buttons on the 
front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD player is but sonic quality and 
build are both outstanding.

CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus if you see a track 
titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the track title will cause it to 
play.

All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can listen to music 
from all the popular music sources such as Spotify or stream music from 
anywhere on your network.

The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA so let your 
imagination run free.

Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi system with 
plenty of flexibility and functional features.















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Re: [all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Hamit Campos]

Cool dude. So is it threw USB you can connect it to a PC? Cause you said 
it can be used as an audio card.



On 3/26/2018 10:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi outlets 
to see if I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices reviewed 
in the Stereophile and similar audio magazines in the past 12 months, 
this year it was the Rotel A14 and CD14 Integrated Amplifier and CD 
Player I was keen to get hold of to match the T14 Tuner/stream I 
bought in January 2017.


There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if anyone 
has any specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover what I 
believe to be some main points about the Rotel 14 series.


Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though the 
testing says the amp delivers 105 watts.


The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD 
inputs, two Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical which 
feed a 38400K/32 bit DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and finally inputs 
for your iPhone or a USB input to allow connection to your Mac or 
Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a sound card with a digital 
link to your computer for playback of audio.


The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front 
for input selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when 
trying to select the appropriate input.


Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an 
integrated system thus all the components can be controlled by an IOS 
app for source selection, text display of the CD titles, text display 
of DAB and FM RDS broadcasts, selection of tuner presets, manipulation 
of connected Bluetooth devices etc.


The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App 
along with speaker A-B sellection.


The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've heard 
in an intigrated amp.


If you wish to expand the system further then you can add sub-woofers 
to the A14 or a Power Amp.


The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6 
buttons on the front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD player 
is but sonic quality and build are both outstanding.


CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus if 
you see a track titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the track 
title will cause it to play.


All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can listen 
to music from all the popular music sources such as Spotify or stream 
music from anywhere on your network.


The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA so 
let your imagination run free.


Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi system 
with plenty of flexibility and functional features.







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[all-audio] Good HiFi is still around

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

Every year around January I attend the sales at my local HiFi outlets to 
see if I can afford one or some of the wonderful devices reviewed in the 
Stereophile and similar audio magazines in the past 12 months, this year 
it was the Rotel A14 and CD14 Integrated Amplifier and CD Player I was 
keen to get hold of to match the T14 Tuner/stream I bought in January 2017.


There are many things to be said about the A14 and CD14 so if anyone has 
any specific questions then please ask. I'll just cover what I believe 
to be some main points about the Rotel 14 series.


Starting with the amp which offers 80 watts RMS per channel though the 
testing says the amp delivers 105 watts.


The A14 has an excellent set of inputs which include tuner and CD 
inputs, two Aux inputs, 4 digital inputs - 2 Coax and 2 Optical which 
feed a 38400K/32 bit DAC -, a Bluetooth APTX input and finally inputs 
for your iPhone or a USB input to allow connection to your Mac or 
Windows PC thus the Amp can be used as a sound card with a digital link 
to your computer for playback of audio.


The front panel is well laid out with a row of buttons on the front for 
input selection rather than a jog-dial which can confuse when trying to 
select the appropriate input.


Tha A14 can be connected using Intel's link system to form an integrated 
system thus all the components can be controlled by an IOS app for 
source selection, text display of the CD titles, text display of DAB and 
FM RDS broadcasts, selection of tuner presets, manipulation of connected 
Bluetooth devices etc.


The 14 Series App is very accessible on an iPhone where I use it here.

Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble can all be controlled by the App along 
with speaker A-B sellection.


The A14 has a great headphone out facility, one of the best I've heard 
in an intigrated amp.


If you wish to expand the system further then you can add sub-woofers to 
the A14 or a Power Amp.


The CD14 CD player is a basic CD player however don't let the 6 buttons 
on the front panel deceive you, lacking buttons the cD player is but 
sonic quality and build are both outstanding.


CD Text of tracks can be displayed using the Series 14 IOS App thus if 
you see a track titled say "Baby Come Back", double-tapping the track 
title will cause it to play.


All the usual transport controls ar available in the App.

The T14 is not only a tuner but a network streamer thus you can listen 
to music from all the popular music sources such as Spotify or stream 
music from anywhere on your network.


The T14 is also compatible with Chromecast, Apple AirPlay and DLNA so 
let your imagination run free.


Rotel's T14 also has no trouble whatever streaming Internet radio.

So there you have it all in a nutshell, a truly excellent HiFi system 
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