Rotel RCC-945 (c. 1996)
Little is documented about the Rotel RCC-945. No factory brochure, manual, or original pricing seems to have survived in the usual channels. The picture is built from a run of Rotel's own advertisements and one thorough period test report. The RCC-945 was a six-disc CD changer. It was promoted in Rotel's "Rotel Report" advertising in Audio (April 1996, p.9) alongside the RSP-980 processor/preamp, with copy about not leaving you holding the bag when it came to control.
HiFI-Stereo (November 1996, p.60) reviewed it as a compact disc changer. The review noted a dedicated jack for linking the changer with a compatible Rotel amplifier, preamp, or surround processor, so it was clearly meant to slot into a complete Rotel system. The measurements published in the same issue (p.62) were strong. Frequency response was flat within ±0.1 dB from 15 Hz to 7 kHz, rising to a maximum of +0.5 dB at about 16 kHz. Channel separation was an excellent 115 dB at 1 kHz, easing to 96 dB at 10 kHz. Low-level linearity error peaked at just 0.5 dB at -90 dB. Tracking through disc defects, tested with the Pierre Verany test disc, was rated satisfactory, though not as outstanding as the rest of the measured performance.
That is roughly the whole archive on the RCC-945: a mid-1990s six-disc changer with strong measured performance and a system-link jack. It was advertised from 1996 into early 1997 and covered once by the enthusiast press. Production years and original price remain undocumented.
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