Thank you! It felt good to be able to resurrect this old stuff. I have a soft spot in my heart for the AVR in particular. That was the first amp that I invested (what I thought at the time) fairly big money into!
It has served me very, very well and I’m happy to get a few more miles out of it. Of course, the EQ is like a family heirloom at this point so that will never go anywhere! I’ll use it as a decorative piece before that ever gets recycled.
Its basically the “system” in livingrooms for before computing, all its missing is a tape deck.
Damn a HD DVD player, wish I still had one.
I really like this player. It moves in a slow, deliberate pace when operating but it works perfectly. And with the optical out, it serves as a great digital CD transport. I will certainly appreciate every moment of operation it gives me.
Hi guys, I need an AVR that:
Any ideas? As of now I’ve found Marantz nr1510. Any other leads?
Jumped on the bestbuy/Magnolia site and saw this one. I thought it looked pretty interesting and touches the top of your budget
It does have a pre out as well.
Don’t waste your money on Marantz, controversial hot take, but Marantz AVR’s are just Denon AVR’s that measure worse and have the price jacked up.
this is a awesome deal for $1000 no HDMI 2.1 but you said that you don’t need it.
Still after a year or two.
They are not the same. Tuning and components and specs and features have differences.
They owned by same group, true.
Could as well say Porsche same as Volkswagen. Or audi as same as vw.
They have differences and features between similar models.
They not “are just”. Even while sharing same components here and there.
Another hot take from me Audi’s are fancy VW’s, i’ve never liked them.
Well damn it, my 7-year-old but just recently put into service Onkyo tx-sr444 wigged out on me. The A/V portion just stopped working. There was a click, and that was it! No matter what I did, I could not recover it. Then, as I was about to hit it with an axe, I thought WAIT! I have a DAC sitting here…
I grabbed up an optical cable (a really nice SKW piece, btw - good stuff!) and came straight out from the TV, into my newly re-deployed SU-8 and out to the Onkyo amp audio input via Mogami RCAs - and it’s fantastic! Way better than the on-board DACs the Onkyo was using. And though the Onkyo was doing some nice upscaling of the video, the new 4K cable box is doing nicely, so no big drop-off in picture. The Onkyo is no longer an A/V component, it’s now just an amp. Disappointing that it crapped out so soon. it almost seems like a software failure or something.
So I guess I don’t have a true HT setup in the living room anymore, but since I can’t afford to replace the receiver now, I’ll just run it like this. I mean what the hell, even though I no longer have the integrated unity of running everything through an HDMI component, this work-around configuration is just fine for now. SU-8 to the rescue again!
Netflix atmos department.
This old system continues to deliver. I had a rough week and my hips were barking at me pretty hard this morning, so I decided to take the morning and just stay flat. On a whim, I brought the Sundara in and really explored the tuning capabilities this amp has. To my amazement, the Sundara is a great match for this system and may just stay in the bedroom. I was able to dial in a near perfect sound to fit my mood. The M200 DAC is doing a fantastic job as well. Using LDAC I use my V40 as a control head and streamer so I can control the music right at the palm of my hand. It’s fantastic. God bless this old stuff, it still kicks ass!
I love the new line up but man they are overpriced as hell, I’d just get Denon versions, they are more or less the same and the Marantz one’s.
Measure better too.
Active room correction through surround speakers.
I listened to this last night, very very interesting technology, I think it would work best with a active speaker setup.
8in drivers might be more common would guess ? Klipsch came out with an 8in monitor this year.
My guess would be big “bookshelf’s” with multiple drivers and passive radiators that could get down to 30hz. something like the “The Epic Speaker Build” by Toids DIY Audio.
or a huge in wall with 4 7in drivers.
either way I’m saying active speakers because in my opinion these speaks will need big power to make that low end bass and 200w home theater amps just won’t cut it. also analogue crossovers are ancient technology and need to go the way of the DVD and VHS tape. I don’t understand why more high end speaker companies aren’t using active speakers, what you can do in the digital domain is just so much better and you don’t need to worry about stuff like part tolerances as much.
