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Hi all,
I'm a newbie to hifi and planning to buy my first half decent system. I have decided I want either the Denon CEOL or Marantz M-CR603 given they are a similar price, spec etc.
Whilst the Marantz has excellent reviews on here (it seems What Hifi haven't reviewed the CEOL yet?) the CEOL has got good reviews on other sites. The question is, which one offers best sound quality from an iPod?
I am not so interested in the wireless / Airplay conectivity of these, as plan to play nearly all my music from a docked ipod. I'm also not bothered about DAB radio. The most important thing to me is sound quality and having a ipod, radion and CD player all in one box. Whichever system I buy, I will be buying without the speakers and getting some Monitor Audio BX2s. (Am I right in thinking these will go well with both of these systems?).
I am leaning more towards the Denon CEOL because of its integrated iPod dock, as would prefer that than having to have wires sticking out of the front of the Marantz. But I just want to ensure that the CEOL is as good as if not better than the Maratz in terms of sound.
Finally, given them I am not too bothered about wireless connectivity etc, am I paying money for functions I dont need and would I be better just getting a Denon DM38 for half the price? How would the sound quality of the DM38 compare with the Marantz od CEOL using the same speakers?
Any help here would be much appreciated. If the experts at What Hi Fi have reviewed the CEOL I would love to read it, just cant find it anywhere online.
Thanks everybody.
I'm a newbie to hifi and planning to buy my first half decent system. I have decided I want either the Denon CEOL or Marantz M-CR603 given they are a similar price, spec etc.
Whilst the Marantz has excellent reviews on here (it seems What Hifi haven't reviewed the CEOL yet?) the CEOL has got good reviews on other sites. The question is, which one offers best sound quality from an iPod?
I am not so interested in the wireless / Airplay conectivity of these, as plan to play nearly all my music from a docked ipod. I'm also not bothered about DAB radio. The most important thing to me is sound quality and having a ipod, radion and CD player all in one box. Whichever system I buy, I will be buying without the speakers and getting some Monitor Audio BX2s. (Am I right in thinking these will go well with both of these systems?).
I am leaning more towards the Denon CEOL because of its integrated iPod dock, as would prefer that than having to have wires sticking out of the front of the Marantz. But I just want to ensure that the CEOL is as good as if not better than the Maratz in terms of sound.
Finally, given them I am not too bothered about wireless connectivity etc, am I paying money for functions I dont need and would I be better just getting a Denon DM38 for half the price? How would the sound quality of the DM38 compare with the Marantz od CEOL using the same speakers?
Any help here would be much appreciated. If the experts at What Hi Fi have reviewed the CEOL I would love to read it, just cant find it anywhere online.
Thanks everybody.