New Rotel 12 Series

A new line of Rotel products will come in the next three month or so. The new 12 Series from Rotel will replace its budget line up in the 06-Series.

Rotel thought it necessary to introduce the new lineup to to comply with new technology. The new RT12 for instance. The RT-12 is an FM and DAB+ preset radio tuner and much more besides. By incorporating network capabilities, the RT-12 can bring thousands of internet radio broadcasts into your life and it can play audio files stored on UPnP™ servers such as Windows computers. If your computer is home to a library of music files and you have wondered about playing them over your hi-fi, the RT-12 is your answer. The RT-12 boasts digital to analogue conversion based on the Wolfson WM8740 DAC chip to ensure that each digital source retains every last drop of musical quality, and it can serve as the wireless hub for the Rotel iPhone and iPad control app to control the entire hi-fi system.

The RT 11 will be a straight forward tuner, giving still a high quality radio playback but will lack the network functions, keeping the old ones happy.

The RCD-06SE will be replaced by the new Rotel RCD12. In common with its partners in the 12 Series, digital to analogue conversion is handled by the Wolfson WM8740 DAC chip. The WM8740 is more usually found in CD players at the very top of high-end audio and if you are ever intrigued to know just how your favourite CDs would sound on the world’s finest players, the RCD-12 will get you to within a hair’s-breadth. In common with other 12 Series products, the RCD-12 can be controlled through either its front panel buttons and display, via its remote control handset, or via Rotel Link to an RT-12 and the wireless Rotel iPhone and iPad app.

The new RA 12 will replace the popular Rotel RA-06. The brain of the RA-12 is the Wolfson WM8740

24 bit/192kHz DAC, most often found in high-end audio products, and it ensures that the RA-12 extracts the full potential from its digital and Apple authorised USB inputs. Traditional audio is not forgotten however so the RA-12 also provides four analogue line-level inputs and a phono input. The RA-12 can be controlled from its front panel buttons, via a remote handset, or via an RT-12 and the Rotel iPhone and iPad app. The RA-12 is however not just about versatility, it is a very high performance 60 Watt per channel amplifier that puts music at the top of its priorities. Bluetooth streaming will also be an option.

Rotel will also introduce to smaller Rotel RA unites, namely RA11 and RA10. The RA11 will have all the functionality of the RA12, but will only have a 40watt amplifier. The RA10 will be stripped of any network features and will also have a 40watt amplifier.