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Price Paid:
$1300.00 Summary:
I used to love Marantz. Their old machines were a reference to me. As with many users I know, I must admit that at first the unit worked fine and delivered good audio and video. But...
I have had this unit for about three months and have found more negatives than positives with this Marantz, like skipping on cd's that are lightly scratched that worked fine on any other cd players. Now after about 3 months, it suddenly skips on all DVD video, in some cases it doesn't read DVDs at all.
It loads slowly, but this is not that big of deal.
The picture quality and sound quality is good, not exceptional as my old Sony NS 900V. Progressive DVD picture quality is not so good, crisp, too smooth and not so detailed.
The second problem is the audio part. Is enormous "week" for old Marantz reputation name. SACD sounds good on the Marantz, but I think the Sony and Pioneer DV-563A might sound better.It sounds clean, but very flat, lifeless, and sometimes digital. By comparison, my 2 years old Sony has better stereo imaging, more dynamic and natural sound than this Marantz.
I am disappointed. Strengths:
Contstruction and appearance.
Good remote. Weaknesses:
Progressive picture.
Poor CD and SACD sound quality.
Very slow loading.
Not very tolerant with scratched disks Similar Products Used:
Sony NS 900V
Pioneer DV-563A
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