My previous post was about testing the RR2150 - this one has some questions for current owners.

The condition of the unit was good. Not as good as the B-Stock 7125 that I bought a while ago (I am the king of B-stock/used stuff - :-)). This one has obviously been used - someone put some equipment on top of it (CD player??), so there are some marks. But that is expected of B-stock items - the 7125 was an exception - it looked brand new. Two new sealed batteries were sent with the remote. However, one of the batteries had a big dent, so I threw them away and put two new AAA batteries - no big deal.

Some comments:

Ample power - I heard the unit for only about 2 hours, so it is too early to make comments about the SQ. I did some quick tests - heard the unit as a pre-amp + amp, pre-amp only, amp only. Noticed that the pre-amp section adds a LOT of voltage (volume??? - I am probably missing the correct words). No one should be concerned about the unit's POWER - in my large room with the VR-2s, comfortable volume at listening position was with the dial at 9pm. Could go up to noon position, but it got to be too loud after a while - had to go the back of the room (kitchen area) to listen comfortably.

Perhaps, this is the reason that a lot of people have problems with the remote volume control - it becomes too loud before the volume knob hits the 10pm position, even with avg efficient speakers). Once it hits the noon positon, the change is not so dramatic (perhaps, by then, my ears are so used to the loud volume...).

All my equipment is dead quiet - no hum, no hiss.

Some questions for RR2150 owners:

1. Seems like there is an issue with the remote. Read the manual - PWR button turns the unit OFF (as long as the RR button was selected before) - any input selection turns the unit ON. My problem - can't get the remote to either turn the unit ON or OFF. Otherwise, the remote works fine - volume, mute, input change, etc... Am I doing something wrong?

2. Turn the volume reasonably high (can't find my SPL meter, but say about 85 db about 12 ft away from speakers - press the MUTE button. Do you still hear the music faintly from your sitting position? 1 ft away from the speakers? Now change the input source to something else (with the mute button on), do you hear music faintly?

3. Turn the source select to Phono - do you hear a loud hiss thru your speakers?

Answers to these 3 questions would be very appreciated.

Regards,

SB