Recent content by ianmclee

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    Marantz SR5008 review

    Marantz - all is forgiven. I love you. Seems like audyssey has has got the speaker distances and levels a little wrong. After a few adjustments it's now singing. Lovely.
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    Marantz SR5008 review

    Settings all look good - in gonna run audyssey again to see if anything changes
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    Marantz SR5008 review

    Thanks - I'll have a look at the settings when I get home. I've got the 5.1 MA Bx set up (well with a tannoy sub). The living room isn't anything above a typical modern room of its type - it is open plan with the dining room though. But my previous Onkyo was definitely louder at lower volume...
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    Marantz SR5008 review

    Interesting... I'm pretty sure that I skipped audyssey set up, then enabled the bi amp settings, then ran audyssey - but I can run it again. I know its very subjective, but what volume is your amp set to when watching normal TV? I seem to have mine towards the top third of its output just to...
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    Marantz SR5008 review

    I'll check the levels when i get in from work tonight. What numbers should I be expecting to see here? Think Dynamic Volume was set to 'off' - again I'll have to check later on to be sure. I can't really listen to any music in Direct / Pure Direct modes as they seem to be lacking in every...
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    Marantz SR5008 review

    I've just received my new SR6008 (replacing an aging Onkyo TX SR606). Have to say that I'm a little disappointed in its overall sound quality. I was expecting it to be a good step up from my previous amp and I would say that I can't really tell any difference. I mainly listen to lossless...