Rose Technics RT5000

Design and Build Quality

Casing

Introduced as the balanced of understatement and luxury, the Rose Technics RT-5000 exhibits one of the most interesting design I’ve seen this past years.

In complete opposite to the like of SMSL – my DO400 being the embodiment of temperance with its full-black aluminum chassis – the Rose blends different materials, textures and colors on one single device, for a result that can be… polarizing, to say the least.

I got the pine green variation and, frankly, I’m really fond of the end result. Sure, it always give that strange “knock-off” vibes due to the fact that everything seems “too much”, but all the little details hidden inside the golden contours really make up for that. What you get is:

• gold-plated control buttons, perfectly highlighted by a carved wood front panel,
• aluminum case with sculpted side panels and little handles at the back,
• green-toned leather upper panel topped with the model named printed with true gold leaves

Build Quality

For a first amp, I’ve got to say that Rose Technics made a great job overall, in terms of construction.

All panels fit rights, the headphone outputs are well-aligned, the control buttons are both recessed and delightfully clicky, and the only issue I could spot, was the “on/off” trigger that is a few mm offset to the left. But, apart of that, everything looks and feels surprisingly well-made.

Again, gold is the main word here, and all of the screws were given the “Midas” treatment, reinforcing the luxury accent that Rose wants to push. It could have looked cranky or cheap, but thankfully that’s not the case here and the more you use the DAC, the more confident you get.