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Price Paid:
$460.00
from Practical HiFi Summary:
I shall start by saying that this model was released back end of 2007, not 2006 and I paid £230/$460. Prior to owning my pm6002, I had a cambridge audio 540a. It drove my monitor audio br2s. Whilst that wasnt a bad amplifier with a nice spacious soundstage, it just isnt a match for the Marantz.
Bright sound is a characterstic I didnt like in my cambridge, I tried everything to get rid of it, cables, precice frequency dipping with different octaves through hardware accelerated effects and none of it worked, so I went to my dealer. I wanted to demo the Nad C315 but it wasnt in. I demo'd the pm4001 and pm6002 from Marantz. Sound was pretty much the same, the pm6002 with maybe a little more bass. Price was £70 difference and the pm6002 had upgraded custom capacitors, a tad more power and to give it some credit, hadn't been on the shelf for long so wouldnt have had time to burn in. It was also on offer, with £70 off rrp.
I compared the amplifier to an arcam a65+ just for measure, the Marantz was simply better with the BR2s, detail was so apparent and the sound was warm and full bodied. Just for information, I dont use a cd player, I use a professional 2 channel soundcard.
One of my objectives in buying this amplifier was to elliminate the need for a subwoofer, which it has done. The bass is the tricky part in this amplifier-it can be slightly bloated, whilst it remains very quick its still nice to listen to. Personally, I have the loudness button on so lower bass octaves are accentuated, then using tone controls I turn the bass down to 9 o clock. This allows for the bass to remain balanced but deep at the same time. Sound, with no loudness buttons and tone defeat on, is excellent in itself, very similiar to as described above just with less bass authority.
I cannot believe the difference it has made, the Marantz is a synergetic amplifier for the BR2s. Best of all is the amplifier keeps getting better, the soundstage is opening up more. All music I listen to is simply more enjoyable. Metal and Rock have authority it didnt have. Classical is stunning. I've had the amp for just 2 days so far. Strengths:
-Detail resolution is brought out clearly
-Warmth and authority, whilst remaning balanced
-More than powerful enough.
-Not a bad soundstage!
-Well built.
-Dynamic Weaknesses:
-Bass may be disliked by some as its quite 'fat' sounding.
-Quite big in actual size. Similar Products Used:
NAD 3130
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