Great Amp for Bringing Music Everywhere in Your Home
Featuring 6 x 50 watts per channel, the RMB-1506 is a rugged, sophisticated, multichannel amplifier. It is perfect for less elaborate multizone audio systems and can be mated with A Rotel surround receiver or preamp/processor to add music throughout three additional living areas or “zones” of your home. A buffered link output allows you to link additional amplifiers for larger multizone applications.
As with all Rotel custom amplifiers, the RMB-1506 includes the most wanted custom installation features such as front panel attenuation control, input linking, 12-volt trigger, buffered link output, five-way binding posts, and an IEC detachable power cord.
It Will Power Your Speakers with Ease
The six-channel RMB-1506 delivers 50 watts-per-channel into 8 ohms and 80 watts into 4 ohm loads. Discrete output devices, a massive power supply with toroidal transformer, premium components, and Rotel’s Balanced Design ensure superb sound quality. High current capability allows the RMB-1506 to drive difficult speaker loads with ease.
An oversized factory-built toroidal transformer and high efficiency capacitors drive an array of high current output transistors ensuring fast transient timing, accurate detail and controlled consistency of low frequency regardless of the loudspeakers load rating or cable run distance. Maintaining crucial timing and energy while delivering effortless power is a signature trait of this amplifier providing increased speaker placement options.
Critical evaluation of the circuit design and meticulous selection of each acoustic audio components ensures accuracy, power and efficiency all coupled with an unsurpassed build quality ensuring this amplifier proudly wears the Rotel name.
Simple Operation and Convenience Features
No matter how you choose to use the RMB-1506, you will appreciate its simple operation and convenience features. The 12-volt trigger input and output connections, user selected audio signal sense power control, front panel volume attenuators, audio output link connections, five-way speaker binding posts, and available rack mount kit provides ultimate installation flexibility.
Auto Turn On/Off Mode Selector
The RMB-1506 provides three different options for manual or automatic power on/off operation. These modes are selectable using a three-position slide switch on the back panel.
With the switch in the OFF position, the amplifier is turned on or off manually using the front panel power switch. Also use this mode if you are using a switched AC outlet to control power to the amplifier.
With the switch in the SIGNAL SENSE position, the amplifier turns on automatically when a signal is detected at the inputs. The amplifier will go into standby mode several minutes after a signal is no longer present. The front panel power switch overrides this function. It must be ON for the signal sensing to work. Turning the switch OFF cuts power to the amplifier, regardless of whether or not a signal is present.
With the switch in the 12V TRIG position, the amplifier is turned on automatically when a 12 volt trigger signal is present at the 12V TRIG input to the left of the switch. The amplifier goes into standby mode if the +12 volt signal is not present. The front panel POWER SWITCH overrides this function. It must be ON for the +12V trigger to work. Turning the switch OFF cuts power to the amplifier, regardless of whether or not a trigger signal is present.
Thermal and Over-Current Protection Circuits
The RMB-1506 features thermal and over-current protection circuits that protect against potential damage in the event of extreme or faulty operating conditions. Unlike many designs, these protection circuits are independent of the audio signal and have no impact on sonic performance. Instead, the protection circuits monitor the temperature of the output devices and the current they are handling and shut down the amplifier if operating conditions exceed safe limits.
Most likely, you will never see this protection circuitry in action. However, should a faulty condition arise, the amplifier will stop playing and the LED indicator on the front panel will light up.
Music Everywhere
Whole house audio brings the soothing, inspiring and energizing power of music to every room in your home as you desire… including outside on the patio or by the pool.
Quality amplification makes your speakers sing whether they are discreet in-wall or in-ceiling models, or larger floor standing designs that occupy a place of pride in your listening room. In fact, amplifiers are the critical component in distributed music systems as they are tasked with delivering the music signal over often very long runs of speaker wire.
Too many whole house systems make sound everywhere, but music nowhere. Award winning Rotel amplifier designs are available in different channel configurations, some with digital inputs for today’s streaming media devices, to fit any system configuration. Smart signal sensing means they turn on exactly when you want them to – when the music starts!
