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Marantz AV7706 11.2Ch 8K Ultra HD AV Surround Pre-Amplifier with HEOS®
Anyone have one of these who would like to share their experience?
I am contemplating upgrading my, almost 10 year old Onkyo 838.
Though it still functions as it did out of the box, it is getting a little long in the tooth and missing some functionaliy (8k, 4k120, Imax, etc) with no updates in years.
Starting to do comparisons. The Denon of the, seemingly, same “caliber” is a little less money.
Yet the Marantz offers XLR outs for those long cable runs.
I really don’t want to spend more than $3500 or so though. HT is just not a really big part of life.
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Single unit solely for HT. I have my separates for music. Carver 4000t, sublime audio active crossover, Carver A760x (lows), Carver RAM285 (on order) mids/highs, Tekton Double Impact SE (bi amp, single berylium tweeter), Carver Silver Seven 900 to Magnepan 1.7i (maggies on order, eta, late May), 2x tekton 2-10 subs. For HT I currently have 2014 Onkyo, klipsch theater speakers with with 2 self powered surrounds (not klipsch) on a klark technics wireless connection.. So yeah, only need a newer HT receiver solely for upgrading codecs and video out (8k, with upsampling for what can be).
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OK, the 7706 is a processor, not a receiver. BTW, I have a Carver AV 505 powering my height channels that aren’t active, great amp! Same pedigree as the A series you have using trickle down tech from the Lighstar. For a receiver I recommend the Marantz AV50 (with the Audyssey or Dirac upgrade), the Onkyo RZ50 with Dirac or the Sony 5000ES. You can’t go wrong with any of them, I think the online dealer Audio Advice carries all 3 lines and you can call for details. Onkyo and Klipsch have the same corporate owner so that might be a plus. |
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