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Marantz reliability?

Im looking to replace my high end pre-amp with a receiver. My Proceed AVP pre-amp shot craps a month ago and its about 8 yrs old with no HDMI capabilities. Im looking to a mid level priced A/V reciever and have decided on the Sr6004. I found one review on amazon and the user says he has had 4 catastrophic failures and had 4 replacements units.

I know this doesn't tell the whole story and he may be running too low impedance speakers or some other issue, but I inferred that he seems to be knowledgeable in Hi-Fi. Has anyone had similar experiences with the sr6004? Its a new updated model from the sr6003, which I couldn't find any similar problems reported. Is there a design flaw with the new unit that I should rethink my decision? KennyT responded to an earlier post of mine saying he has this model. Kenny, did you have any issues with yours or hear of any other examples of problems with this piece?
mikerowave
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I had a Marantz SR5600 AVR purchased a few years ago. The on panel volume knob stopped working but the remote still could adjust the volume. Knowing there was a 3 year warranty, I held off getting it repaired but then finally took it to a local factory authorized service center only 30 mins from home. They took care of at n/c. Otherwise great. I have a Marantz SACD/DVD player and a Marantz Blu-ray player and so far so good. No problems.
mikerowave OP
4 posts
 
Well, I finally pulled the trigger and sprung for the SR6004. I have a friend, Kurt Kennobie, in town that owns K2 audio (Phoenix) and he tells me he can find no issues with this receiver from his contacts. Plus, I've dealt with Kurt since his early days at S.L.M. and he always stands behind the sale. I didn't get the VERY best price available, but a great one none the less. And he's authorized if I should have a problem. It should be in next week and I'm stoked to get it going. My stepdaughter's Pioneer receiver was OK to get me by, but It will be nice to get back to great sound again.
joelz
25 posts
 
Marantz in my experience is not reliable.

SR-18EX reciever - video switching broke right after the warranty expired

DV9500 Universal disk player - quit playing disks (wont load disks) right after the warranty expired.

They make good sound, but do not last.
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boband212
62 posts
 
i have a marantz 1070 from 77 to 79. it sounds better than most. it is nice. have a mac 1900- sounds nice, looks good, but not sound quite as good as marantz. soon i am going to sell the vintage stuff and get new- will get new marantz integrated, or receiver, and marantz cd player. sounds is always nice, and these are reliable. anyone can tear something up in no time. i just take care of things.
internetmin
258 posts
 
To your specific question, I have owned a Marantz home theater receiver for many years (about 7 or so). No complaints on reliability. I would be more concerned if 50% of the Amazon reviews were negative. I would write off that single one as it sound like something else that the user is doing or has in his environment is causing the issue.
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