Deciding between Yamaha or Marantz

Hello everyone, I need to get a new Pre and trying to decide between the Marantz AV8801 or the Yamaha CX-A5000. The Marantz is about a $1k more, is it worth it? Speakers are SF Liutos, Mac MC205 for power, thanks in advance.

kalbi2310-25-2013 6:47am

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kalbi23 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 58 posts 10-25-2013 at 07:24pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My apologies, I have 5.1 set up.
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kalbi23 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 58 posts 10-25-2013 at 10:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I use to have the AV7701, but whenever I had any type of component connected to it, there would be a hum/buzz coming from all 5 speakers. I tested the amp, Oppo, PS3, cable lines and TiVo. I've returned multiple AV7701s, I tried the Oppo as my pre, no noise, I tried a different pre and no noise. Just seems like the AV7701 isn't playing nice with my components.
tesseract86 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 156 posts 10-27-2013 at 12:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If you're budget permits the new Marantz AV8801 around $2300 has a great review on home theater magazine, I've had Marantz AVR and like them very much I also had several Yamaha AVRs and prefer the Marantz. I now use an Arcam AVR400 that I'm happy with. Good luck!
kalbi23 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 58 posts 10-27-2013 at 08:52pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks for your suggestion, if I could find the AV8801 for $2300, I would get it.

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