Cool starter rig - but those are not starter speakers those are pretty good I have heard them. Anyone that builds, services, works on robots is super smaart. I can tell you that B&W's will love some tubes inserted anywhere and repay in kindness 10 fold. They're voiced for tubes. Gets some tubes in that system and you will look me up and thank me profusely ;)

Here you go right after your pre/pro and before your amp is a nice reasonable priced option for you that will knock your socks off... Insert a Class A Single Ended Triode Output stage that is pretty much what a modder would build right into the back of your pre/pro but this one is simple /external so just plug and play and its not expensive considering it will make your HT/stereo sound great. It was my first real mind blowing add I made when I had an all solid state front end.

Its called a Decware ZSTAGE. You find them used on the gon, the bay or even the oem Decware forum site for $300 - $400 and I promise you will love it. B&W w/all solid state given a proper insertion of tubes = happiness :)

fsmithjack August 10, 2015 11:21

That’s what I get for trusting spell check.....wait.....never mind. Well here it is I'm an enginer, enginner, engineear........I good with math darn it. LOL I am a mechanical engineer that works with industrial automation (robotics). But now to get on with why I am angry.

Well my Rotel RSX-1067 stopped working this weekend. I am quite upset. It served me well for 11 years. So now I have to make a decision on what I want to do. I am thinking of sending my Rotel in to have it repaired, however last time I sent it to Rotel it came back damaged and frankly I was not happy with the repair work they did. I would like to send it somewhere else, but where would that be? Does anyone know a trustworthy repair shop? Regardless of my atrocious spelling, I do have fairly high standards.

My other option I am considering is to replace my old Rotel with a new Rotel receiver, or a Classe SSP-800. Not sure what to do yet. Any suggestions, other than pointing out my obvious type-o??

jo3533 July 15, 2015 01:26

Gentlemen, gentlemen, let's try to keep this thread on topic, shall we? This is about Jo's Fist System. Let's try to find out what he finds so frustrating/aggravating about it in order to solve his issues. Isn't that what forums and fellowship are all about?

kevinkwann June 28, 2015 14:45

Don't listen to Kevin, I think this is an excellent first system. A good friend of mine had CDM monitors with a Rotel amp, I thought the imaging was simply fantastic.

jeff1225 June 28, 2015 03:22

There you go again Kevin, always the smartass and jerk.

stereo5 June 27, 2015 13:56

"My Fist System"

What is a fist system? Do you clench your fists anxiously while listening? Does the system make you angry when you hear it? Do you have to fight for listening time? What gives?

kevinkwann June 26, 2015 23:17