Problems with Marantz AV 8003 & new AV 7005

The AV7005 is NOT a receiver. The SR7005 is a receiver.

Also, you may not have had any problems with the 8003 (and that's great) but it does have the limitations I listed above. For me, those are significant and one reason I had declined to review it.

Kal

Check the Marantz site for specs on the AV 7005 RECEIVER - not sure why you would want to process the HD Codecs - I find them to sound perfect in every way...I always thought that was deliberate - it doesn't do it because it doesn't need it...
Also the pro-logic II and others Surround modes sound better most of the time without the Audyssey engaged as well. Hey it's not a Theta, Krell, Anthem, ETC but it is a very capable machine for the price...Tony

C'mon. Read the specs for the SR7005 receiver: http://us.marantz.com/Products/3230.asp

Or read the announcement for the AV7005 prepro:
http://us.marantz.com/AVSeparatesFinal_July2010.pdf

They are not the same.

You can express your opinion, of course, but mine is that every mode sounds better with Audyssey MultEQ XT engaged. The only exception might be if someone screwed up the calibration (and that is more common than one might think).

Kal

OK - I got it - sorry for the mix up

The Marantz AV7005 adds MultEQ XT which addresses part of Kal's reservation. It adds the Pro option (which Kal will probably like but did not appear to be a deal-killer for him) and it has been suggested that it will have enough processing power to apply to apply Audyssey when bitstreaming HD codecs. If the latter is true, that addresses the second part of Kal's reasoning for declining a review.

As to whether he will review this one, time will tell. Philosophically, will lack of balanced outputs and no support (reportedly) for DSD over HDMI be an issue?