I also have a Rotel Tribute cd player for my 2nd system . Very detailed sound for price Drawer feels a little flimsy but no complaints for £300 🇬🇧 uk new I paid a year & half ago. On my main system I have a 12 year old Onkyo C7070 - which at £450 🇬🇧was a significant step up sound quality wise from C7030 referred to in this video & does sound better, a little more analogue warmth & with more depth & weight than the Tribute with my Naim AB class amplifier. 🎶 The cd recess on the Onkyo drawer is VERY shallow. A CD slide over the back whilst the drawer was closing & jammed. A local hi Fi repair guy retrieved it & I was really impressed seeing the internal build quality.

The Rotel was more resolving in the high frequencies than the other players, but I didn't find it to be bright. Similarly, a lot of people complain about the KEF LS-50s being too bright, but I think they just take on the character of whatever equipment is being used. Overall, the setup I present in the video seemed fairly neutral to me, but if you're really sensitive to the high frequencies, you might prefer the Onkyo or Oppo.

@@nadiraudio Thanks!!Υes,if i listen bright sounding speakers after 10 min. i have a headache.I heard in 2018 marantz cd-6006 /pm6006 with paradigm speakers in a store and i left running.......Tottaly bright/fatiguing.

Try picking up an Arcam DV 88 which can be had very cheaply these days, it won't shred your ears & sounds just as detailed as my Denon DCD 800 player👍

I had the ERC-4 since it launched and it’s a fantastic machine, with two gripes: no gapless playback and quite a lot of mechanical noise. About a month ago I upgraded to the Rotel DT-6000, which fixes both those issues and is definitely a little more detailed, and a lot better in terms of soundstage and instrument separation than the Emotiva. All that said it’s a testament to the performance of the ERC-4 at its price point that it takes a very much more expensive player to beat it.

I haven't experienced any issues with the CD11 not playing near the end of longer CDs. And yes, it supports gapless playback.

I've never tried it, but the CD11 Tribute does have a limited program play that can only be setup using the remote. It allows you to memorize up to 20 tracks on the current disc for playback in a specific order, along with repeat and random functions.

@@nadiraudio Thanks very much, That's all I want to know.

I have a CD11. It does have gapless playback

@@martincosby9743 The Rotel rep from Canada got back to me and confirmed it does not, at least not with 'consecutive programmed tracks'. It may have at one time but apparently not any more, the same being true for Cambridge Audio's AXC35.

No, the CD11 can only play standard audio CDs (CD-DA format).

@@nadiraudio That's strange my Rotel 970-BX CD player purchased in the late nineties plays everything just fine.

@@nadiraudio Have you tried playing CD R or CD RW ?

I just pulled out some old CD-Rs, and the CD11 was able to play them just fine. I don't have any CD-RWs or other recordable formats to test. The manual says it only supports CD-DA, so I guess the only way to find out about the other formats would be to try it out.

What problems are you having? You can get a R232/usb cable and download the latest firmware from Rotel. Doing that fixed my troublesome CD11 Tribute.

I am very interested to know more about the R232/usb cable. Firmware from Rotel? I would like to hear more. The trouble I have is that as I listen to the CD11 player it will often stop playing in the middle of a musical passage as if I had come to the end of the cd. Very annoying. Was this the kind of trouble that you experienced? Again, I would like to hear more concerning the firmware you speak of.@@gizmo903