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Any Rotel love around here? Looking to power my Sonus Faber Olympica 3

Looking to power my Sonus Faber Olympica 3.  

I am going to use these speakers in my family room, my wife really wants me to complete this system soon so we can play christmas music and she can finally watch TV with some good sound. 

I am looking at possibly Rotel power for this. 

Either the integrated solution: 
Rotel RA1592

Or going separates:
Rotel RC1570 or RC1590 preamp
Rotel RB1582mk2 or RB1590 amp. 

Thoughts?

Thanks!
joey_v
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Left out the Levinson 585. Another excellent integrated that fits the quality of your speakers. Heck ARC and CJ make integrateds. Just can't imagine Rotel with the SF you've bought. 

jafant
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I want to audition the ML No. 585 and CJ CA150 SE integrated amps.

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paraneer
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I would not recommend Marantz or Luxman - never had much luck with those. Luxman seem to smooth the highs so they are glossy and Marantz sound dull like a vintage sound and current Marantz quality is not good (just look at the MM7025 and the poor quality of build and inadequate power supply)
@shadorne 

You obviously have not heard any of the high end Marantz gear made at their reference factory in Japan.  It is not fair to site Marantz AV gear made in China like their anemic MM7025 and assume this is all they offer.  The performance and quality of their reference Marantz gear is off the charts good.  This gear along with the new Luxman products, like the L-505ux and L-590ax are far more preferable to NAD and Rotel.  Its true high end audio.  Suggest you give it a listen.

Thanks for the input on luxman and marantz, those are now out.
@j
You may want to reconsider.


joey_v OP
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Would love to do boulder or some super integrated, but it lacks swiss army knife functionality of rotel, bluetooth aptx, usb in front, onboard dac. 


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I think it would be a mistake to not at least check out Krell Digital Vanguard. I think it has the features you want and based on a Krell Chorus amp I have in a second system it's not the brighter Krell of years past. Very musical. Also have a Krell Foundation which is a complicated unit and it operates beautifully and sounds great. I will admit that I was surprised at quality of sound. Chorus amp was equal of Pass 250.8 which I had on hand at same time. I have no motive in this discussion other than to see those great speakers get special treatment up front. Spearit Sound might send out a demo which would be well worth it or pick one up on this site at a low risk price. It won't disappoint IMO.
Post a Krell thread and see what turns up concerning the new generation. 
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