Marantz nr- 1200

[Michaelj]

Just hook up my new marantz nr 1200 to klipsch rp- 600m’s, have to turn volume past 40 on the dial before I hear anything. Help.

 

[DougK]

What is your audio source?

 

[Gray]

What is your audio source?

You beat me to the questions this time Doug

 

[nopiano]

40 out of what? 45 or 100? Something else?

 

[Michaelj]

I’m sorry,say 0-100 I need to reach 40% on volume before I can hear anything radio, turntable, cd player

 

[Michaelj]

You beat me to the questions this time Doug

CD player, turntable, radio

 

[Michaelj]

40 out of what? 45 or 100? Something else?

0-100 need to turn it past 40% to hear anything

 

[Gray]

We can assume your speakers still have the shorting links in place between their terminals.
And that they're correctly wired to one set of Marantz outputs, can we?

 

[Michaelj]

We can assume your speakers still have the shorting links in place between their terminals.
And that they're correctly wired to one set of Marantz outputs, can we?

Yes, links are in place, red to red, black to black. 14 gauge wire.

 

[nopiano]

0-100 need to turn it past 40% to hear anything

That would be normal with many modern amplifiers with ‘digital’ volume adjustment. In the past, regular controls gave full volume at 10 or 11 o’clock, when rotation began at 8 o’clock. Newer designs are much more controllable. They’re also suitably (in)sensitive for high output sources like CD and Streamer/DACs which often exceed 2 volts.

What setting gives your desired volume? (I usually have my Linn preamp at about 70)

 

[bigfish786]

My Marantz PM14 amp only becomes normal listening volume for tv at -40 and music is around -46 so it seems it’s normal.

 

[DougK]

Just hook up my new marantz nr 1200 to klipsch rp- 600m’s, have to turn volume past 40 on the dial before I hear anything. Help.

Just to clarify, are you saying that you can hear no audio until past 40 on the dial?

 

[Michaelj]

Just to clarify, are you saying that you can hear no audio until past 40 on the dial?

Yes, that is correct

 

[DougK]

That is weird.

They are high sensitivity speakers so should be easy to drive, you should have some audible sound earlier than 40 on the volume readout. I'm not sure what to suggest? Did you purchase online or a shop?

Do you or any friends have an amp you could borrow to compare? Do you own any headphones to see if the issue is the same from the hp socket?

 

[jjbomber]

Yes, that is correct

Have you set it up properly on Audyssey? The levels to the speakers may be wrong.

 

[Michaelj]

That is weird.

They are high sensitivity speakers so should be easy to drive, you should have some audible sound earlier than 40 on the volume readout. I'm not sure what to suggest? Did you purchase online or a shop?

Do you or any friends have an amp you could borrow to compare? Do you own any headphones to see if the issue is the same from the hp socket?

tried Ho with same results.

 

[Michaelj]

tried Ho with same results.

Tried HP with same results.

 

[DougK]

Have you set it up properly on Audyssey? The levels to the speakers may be wrong.

Hasn't got Audyssey, JJ.

 

[DougK]

That would be normal with many modern amplifiers with ‘digital’ volume adjustment. In the past, regular controls gave full volume at 10 or 11 o’clock, when rotation began at 8 o’clock. Newer designs are much more controllable. They’re also suitably (in)sensitive for high output sources like CD and Streamer/DACs which often exceed 2 volts.

What setting gives your desired volume? (I usually have my Linn preamp at about 70)

May be the case, nopiano, but my amp still produces some sound from the start position on the volume dial. This guys Marantz is producing no sound until he gets to 40/100?

 

[DougK]

Tried HP with same results.

Got any mates with an amp to borrow to compare results?
Shop-bought or online purchase?

 

[jjbomber]

Hasn't got Audyssey, JJ.

Confusing it with the 1608. I'm getting old!

Thanks.

 

[Al ears]

That would be normal with many modern amplifiers with ‘digital’ volume adjustment. In the past, regular controls gave full volume at 10 or 11 o’clock, when rotation began at 8 o’clock. Newer designs are much more controllable. They’re also suitably (in)sensitive for high output sources like CD and Streamer/DACs which often exceed 2 volts.

What setting gives your desired volume? (I usually have my Linn preamp at about 70)

it's the same with the Parasound Hint 6 I recently bought. About the same volume as the ten o'clock position on my old setup now equates to 75 on the Parasound

 

[nopiano]

May be the case, nopiano, but my amp still produces some sound from the start position on the volume dial. This guys Marantz is producing no sound until he gets to 40/100?

Yes, I appreciate that you clarified that after I posted. I agree that literally silence seems strange until 40%. I inferred ‘any volume worth listening to’ rather than zilch!

 

[millennia_one]

Just hook up my new marantz nr 1200 to klipsch rp- 600m’s, have to turn volume past 40 on the dial before I hear anything. Help.

What’s your definition of “ can’t hear anything” ? Absolutely nothing or just not room filling?

This wouldn’t be my experience of klipsch speakers at all, unless you have turned down a digital trim level or something.

 

[manicm]

Did anyone ask the op the very simple and logical question if he’s attached the speakers properly and /or ensured the relevant speaker switch is on? The NR1200 takes two pairs of speakers.

Failing that take the amp back to your dealer ASAP to check.