As I alluded in the review thread, does anyone but me think Marantz has missed a trick by not including network-streaming capabilities with the PM6005? It's got Airplay and a HD DAC, and until the recent WHF review prompted me to investgate it more fully, I didn't give a second thought to the possibility that it couldn't stream audio from a home network (same as the 610 can). In fact it was very nearly on my radar as a possible upgrade to my PM-66KI (though speakers are first).
Maybe Marantz were worried that including network-streaming would tread on the toes of the NA7004. But the NA7004 is long-in-the-tooth, it doesn't even do gapless by all accounts, and is just another box to find a place for, where potentially for many users it wouldn't now be needed, seeing that the PM6005 has a built-in DAC (unlike its predecessor).
I thought the PM6005 would basically be a "grown-up" '610 without the CD and radio but with a more "audiophile-grade" amp section (interpret that as you will). Clearly it so easily could have been.
What a pity.
Maybe Marantz were worried that including network-streaming would tread on the toes of the NA7004. But the NA7004 is long-in-the-tooth, it doesn't even do gapless by all accounts, and is just another box to find a place for, where potentially for many users it wouldn't now be needed, seeing that the PM6005 has a built-in DAC (unlike its predecessor).
I thought the PM6005 would basically be a "grown-up" '610 without the CD and radio but with a more "audiophile-grade" amp section (interpret that as you will). Clearly it so easily could have been.
What a pity.