Originally Posted By: mdrew
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Hansang,

I didn’t need, or really want to buy this receiver or do it to replace the Marantz. I would have preferred to wait a few months and see what Sherwood Newcastle comes out with, or Rotel. Unfortunately, I’m on my second SR/8001 that replaced a defunct unit. The second one also has issues that required me to send it in for evaluation. I decided to just buy something different and I’ll peddle whatever Marantz sends back to me. I do prefer this Denon over the Marantz though. So maybe this will work out….


I see. Thanks for the follow-up. I don't really have any reason to switch it out, other than it's a pain to get the FW upgraded on the Marantz (having to haul it in to a service center in Manhattan is a MAJOR pain). I'm also curious how much better Master Audio is as well. Maybe not $1500's worth, but curious non the less

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Denon 4520, EPIC80/500/VP180 Speakers