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My sources for PM8005 are: streamer Marantz NA6005 and BD/CD player Marantz UD7007. Spekers are Monitor Audio Gold GX200. Inerconnects Atlas Element Integra and speaker cable QED XT40 with AirLock bananas, a single run. All copper as you can see, this time around did not like my favorite Chord...

I picked Marantz PM8005 over three Arcams - 19, 29 and 39. Paid 525 Sterling and I am very happy. Nice and dynamic sound. Lows are amazing as well as the rest of the spectrum. It can play loud too. It looks good as well if you did not know, I've got in silver - an old school... Plus can be...

Listen to and buy a Marantz PM8005. Sounds much better than A19, A29 and A39. With MA Silver 6 anyway. And... you save! (Peter Tyson) Have a nice day!

Hi Guys Is it only me opposing internal cooling fans in new Marantz AVR range? So... now it is only Yamaha receivers without whinning...fans. I wonder what spooked Marantz to do something like this. Merry Christmas

4K on BBC TV? So what? Useless, without the live Top Gear on air.

Guys this is awsome: http://fox2now.com/2015/04/03/do-you-see-marilyn-monroe-or-albert-einstein-this-test-may-reveal-something-about-your-eyes/ They should come up with something like this to substitute listening demoes as well...

For music / Spotify, turn the Enhancer on because the source / Spotify is a compressed stream and a Stereo on to listen to 5.1 stereo - stereo from all speakers. If you are not sure, always turn Straight on and receiver will do it for you - both music and movies. For a compressed music, it is...

Thank you guys for your thoughts. When reading recent reviews of Pioneer LX88 AVR and A70 stereo integrated it is quite surprising that Pioneer LX88 gets five stars in WHF and 9 points out of 10 in AVForum reviews and Pioneer A70 amp gets WHF 4 stars and AVForum 8 points only. Both reviews...

Thanks Laurens. You chose B&W with your Yamaha. Did you listen to any other speakers as well or just picked B&W because you know how they sound?

Thank you both Ketan and bigboss. Was Rotel RA10 better even when compared to your 2k high-end AVR?

My last pure stereo setup was a Pioneer A400 with a pair of Rogers LS5s on dedicated stands and bi-wired with QED Q79. My Yamaha AVR with a pair of MA GX200 sounds much better. This can be more attributed to MA speakers because Rogers were not easy to drive. But still, overall sound is far...

Frankly, I've colosally underestimated what e-bay means to some. To your second paragraph: I do not believe that many on this forum consider reselling value when choosing their speakers. I would not. To your third one: I do not think speakers I was looking at - MA Silver 8 and Tannoy Rev xt 8...

There has been a lot of talk about AVRs not to be up to a stereo integrated amplifiers sonic performance as to the music reproduction. I wonder if anyone compared sounds of Pioneer / Yamaha / Marantz - Denon AVRs against their own brand integrated amps? Just wondering.