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In Reply to: repair my Marantz receiver or buy something else? posted by jingrocecfp@hotmail.com on June 14, 2012 at 08:07:10:

A thousand dollar six year old unit should not be trashed.
You should get ten, fifteen years from an amp, minimum.
I'd think seriously about getting it fixed.
OTOH.... if it costs you a hundred bucks to find out they want $400 to fix it, you're out a hundred bucks. Yeah, I'd probably spend the hundred bucks.
My AVR is about six years old and if it broke I'd get it fixed.
Oh, and this 'obsolete' stuff.... I run processing in my Oppo blu-ray player. It has analog outs direct into the receiver, so I'm not using it for Dolby Truehd, and all that stuff. That's all done in the newer, cheaper, completely up to date blu-ray player. Does your AVR have analog inputs for all five channels?

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Edits: 06/16/12

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Topic - repair my Marantz receiver or buy something else? - jingrocecfp@hotmail.com 08:07:10 06/14/12 (8)

RE: repair my Marantz receiver or buy something else? - Pro Sound Web 06:20:53 06/20/12 (0)

RE: repair my Marantz receiver or buy something else? - jimgrocecfp@hotmail.com 13:21:19 06/19/12 (1)

Be sure to put HK on your list of possibilities nt - Brian A 14:51:58 06/19/12 (0)

RE:deeply discounted receivers are pretty common - Jon L5 17:25:24 06/17/12 (0)

just checking - Joe Murphy Jr 15:42:36 06/16/12 (0)

my two cents - mbnx01 14:37:26 06/16/12 (0)

Obviously not worth it - jedrider 08:02:26 06/16/12 (0)

If it were me I’d just buy another receiver but only you can decide what you should do … - three_sox 20:40:43 06/15/12 (0)

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my two cents - mbnx01 14:37:26 06/16/12 (0)

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