Info Sheet

Rotel of America
54 Concord St.
N. Reading, MA 01864
USA
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www.rotel.com
The Rotel Co. Ltd.
10-10 Shinsen-Cho
Shibuya-Ku,
Tokyo 150, Japan
Rotel Europe
Dale Road
Worthing
West Sussex BN11 2BH, UK
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Specications
Description
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.
RC-1580
Classic Stereo Preamplier
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)
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
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.