Marantz SR7200

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While I'm partial to the Yamaha sound and really not a Marantz fan, I can
get a heck of a deal on a SR7200. I can get it for about $660 brand spanking
new from an authorized dealer. This is a special deal for me only, so sorry,
I can't share. I have 45 days to try it out risk free but I'll lose $20 in
lost shipping expense if I do not keep it.
My LARGEST concern, I've heard reports about the dreaded S-Video switching
noise problem. Supposedly, Marantz is aware of the problem and all newly
shipped units will not have this problem,"SUPPOSEDLY". I don't know for sure
as this is rumor, but two have stated this problem at audioreview in their
review. They highly rated it but mentioned this negative.
The next thing, how is bass management? Is it still 100Hz? Does it offer a
mode where bass is sent to the subwoofer from all speakers, but allows the
mains to play full range also, as Yamaha does? Does it direct all bass to
the main speakers when using all small speakers and not a powered sub, if a
PASSIVE subwoofer is used? Does it use bass management on stereo with a sub
output, as that's a must in my system? Any reliability problems? I know
Marantz is a division of Philips, does it also suffer from the poor
reliability and performance quirks that plague Philips equipment? What's the
amp rating on this 7200? Marantz's web sight shows blanks were the amp
rating would be.
The biggest question, does it sound more dynamic than that of the $1000
Marantz receivers a few years ago(which I found simply unusable bass
management also)? I simply found the stereo sound dark, and none energetic,
preferring Onkyo, Denon, and Yamaha much more.
As I said, I normally wouldn't consider Marantz because of their lack of a
phono input, their previous darker sound, and earlier poorer bass
management, but that was in the past and things are much more competitive
right now. Another big question, will this be a big down grade from a Yamaha
RX-V2095. I'm having problems a bit as my Yamaha was rated the receiver of
the year by publications when it came out. It also is a heavy receiver at 44
lbs being known and showing result from Audio Magazine to be a very high
power receiver. This receiver could be rated at about 140 watts/channel in
stereo because it didn't clip until about 155 watts! I know the 7200 won't
likely be as powerful, but as long as it's got guts and a good comment from
a few, I might give it a chance if I can be assured I won't be affected by
that S-Video problem. At $660, I wouldn't be able to buy a 6.1/DPL II
processor with additional amp!!
Thanks in advance for your response
Brad

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Topic - Marantz SR7200 - Brad 21:21:14 10/05/01 (1)

May not be the value I thought it was - Brad 12:56:47 10/06/01 (0)

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