Flobs
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2 very different amps, Marantz adds musicalty useful if you have very linear speakers that edge toward warm and dull. That just isn't the case with B&W, these are musical speakers were imo your looking for a neutral amp that allows that musicality yet also grips them and keeps them under controll. Ok Rotel isn't the only but it's the main stream goto for this.
So between Marantz or Rotel my advise for these speakers is every time Rotel.
What HiFi is the only review that comes down 'against' the Rotel many others are at the other spectrum describing a dynamic well construed amp. The RA 1572 is no budget amp with second rate composants it's an amp that lead/leads their midrange amps one they continued with a MII. It also has an interesting combination of analogue and digital options.
So for me the horse for the course is the Rotel.
So between Marantz or Rotel my advise for these speakers is every time Rotel.
What HiFi is the only review that comes down 'against' the Rotel many others are at the other spectrum describing a dynamic well construed amp. The RA 1572 is no budget amp with second rate composants it's an amp that lead/leads their midrange amps one they continued with a MII. It also has an interesting combination of analogue and digital options.
So for me the horse for the course is the Rotel.