A brilliant BEEFCAKE! 💿 Rotel MICHI Q5 review

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💰 Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan

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0:00 My favourite CD player of the last 3 years?
1:32 The road to Rotel
7:44 Sound quality and side-by-side comparisons
10:29 A coupla gotchas?

👉 As seen in this video...

Rotel Michi Q5
📖 https://www.rotel.com/product/q5

Hifi News Michi Q5 measurements
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FiiO R9
🛒 https://amzn.to/3Gy6kNJ

T+A Talis S300 floorstanders
📖 https://www.ta-hifi.de/wp-content/upl...

Grimm MU2
📺    • The best DAC I've ever heard... | Grimm MU...  

Eversolo DMP-A10
📖 https://darko.audio/2024/10/eversolo-...

Hi-fi furniture for normies
📺    • Hi-fi furniture for normal people  

Marantz Model 10
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Technics SU-R1000
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Cables and power products by AudioQuest
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Hi-fi furniture and speaker stands by Solid Steel
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Room treatment by Vicoustic
📖 https://audioadvice.io/Vicoustic

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