Rotel RC-1580 Brochure

Description

RC-1580

Classic Stereo Preamplier

A preamplier must keep the audio signal as pure as possible, while amplifying and routing various source signals to the power

amplier. The goal of the engineer is to achieve “a straight wire with gain” design, nothing more and nothing less. Of course, the

realization of this goal is much harder than it seems, but Rotel’s experience and meticulous circuit design has produced

a string of exceptional stereo preampliers over the years, which has been taken to new heights in the RC-1580.

The RC-1580 is designed for the hi- purist in terms of its minimalist approach and absolute musical delity. Component parts, such as

an oversized toroidal power transformer and special BHC capacitors, along with circuit topology, have been carefully selected to obtain

the best sound possible. For those who want the best of both audio and video worlds a unity gain stage has been included to enable

a surround processor to feed straight through to the power amplier thereby bypassing the volume control. The RC-1580 includes a

low noise MM/MC phono with discrete, differential input stages, as well as CD, Tuner, and two AUX inputs. The preamplier can be

controlled by RS-232, or IR input. A tone defeat, media input socket, headphone socket and remote control is included.

Specications

THD (20-20,000Hz) 8 Ohms,
all channels driven

IM Distortion

Input Sensitivity & Impedance

Phono (MC)

Phono (MM)

Line Level Inputs

Phono Overload (MC/MM)

Output Sensitivity / Impedance

Frequency Response

Phono Input

Line Level Input

0.004%

0.004% @ 1V out

250mV / 100 Ohms

2.5mV / 47kOhms

150mV / 220kOhms

16mV / 160mV

1V / 100 Ohms

20-20kHz (+/-0.02dB)

4-100kHz (+/-0.05dB)

Tone / Contour Controls

Bass

Treble

Signal to Noise Ratio (IHF “A”)

Phono (MC/MM)

Line Level

Power Consumption

Dimensions (W x H x D) mm

Dimensions (W x H x D) in

Front Panel Height

Shipping Weight

+/- 6 cb @ 100 Hz

+/- 6dB @ 10kHz

70dB / 75dB

100dB

15 watts

431 x 99 x 337 mm

17 x 4 x 13.5 in

2U (3.5”)

21.5 lbs.

The Rotel Co. Ltd.

10-10 Shinsen-Cho
Shibuya-Ku,
Tokyo 150, Japan

Rotel of America

54 Concord St.
N. Reading, MA 01864
USA
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www.rotel.com

Rotel Europe

Dale Road
Worthing
West Sussex BN11 2BH, UK
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