Anyone run a Marantz as their receiver? If so, I have one and it is kind of bright (but I love it) and are afraid of mixing this with the M60. Although I just recieved a Sunfire Cinema Grand amp and am going to run them through that.

Al, welcome. You should be careful with your terminology; if you'd have said that on some audio boards which take this "bright/warm" thing about receivers seriously you'd be derided for not knowing that Marantz is supposed to be "warm", while it's Yamaha which everyone knows to be "bright". Seriously, of course, any of them would be fine with the M60s; any well-designed receiver/amp is transparent and neutral.

al: listen to John because he knows what he is talking about.

I have found that most people just don't understand what bright, warm, etc. really mean.

AND,

If the manufacturers meet their frequency spectrum and THD numbers, THE GEAR MUST NECESSARILY BE NEUTRAL AND FLAT.

Last time I checked, the laws of physics still prevail in the audio receiver arena.

Welcome to the board!!!!!

Hey Al, welcome to the boards....

There are some Marantz owners around on this forum, maybe they will come out of hiding... I think at one time Marantz made great equipment, not sure about today?

In regards to bright/warm/harsh, etc... I learned a long time ago to take such comments with a grain of salt, especially over on AVSforum.

My Denon2805 and m60's are music to my ears...your mileage may vary.

talk to ya later...nice to have someone else in their 30's around these boards, to many old timers...... just kidding guys..

too many old timers......

You'll get here before you know it!

Aint that the truth

Heck man, in a few years I'll be in the 40's club. My 20th reunion is dust in the wind......

Thanks...hopefully they will come out of hiding like you said. Although like I stated before, I will more than likley be driving them with a Sunfire Cinema grand amp and maybe run the QS from the Marantz. By the way, I am pretty sure Marantz still does well, I love mine and have had it for 3 years and still am not looking to upgrade. Well of course unless I could afford a new receiver...LOL

I run my 80s through monoblocks and the QS8s from the Denon receiver. Set-up with a SPL meter and love the sound.

I'm new too the Axiom community and wanted to see if any of you could help me out. I have just purchased the Epic 80/500 and wanted to find out what would be a could reciever for this setup. My budget is about $1500 USD. The room is about 16'x22' and open to the rest of the house. It is a two story room with 2 1/2 sides.

I like to watch a lot of action movies really loud and music too.

Please help me make an educated decision on the reciever.

1.) Denon 3806 - leaning towards this but not sure
2.) Yamaha 2600
3.) NAD 773
4.) others

Thanks

I would have to give the HK 7300 a serious consideration.

I have the Denon 3805 which does a very good job of powering my Axioms. But I plan to get a separate amplifier later this year and use the Denon as a pre/pro. I have a large HT room that would benefit from a more powerful amplifier.

Thanks for the insight and follow up.

It's probably easier to go with the Denon than change your signature

Seriously, we went with a 3806 for my brother in law's new system. I don't think there are any really compelling reasons to go with one of the receivers you mentioned over another... although Denon and NAD have had a better track record than Yamaha for driving M80s.

I'm a bit late coming to this thread, but having just bought myself a Marantz SR4500 for Christmas, I have to say that after the 1060 amp I had back in the 70's, I'm still impressed with the sound that Marantz produces. I got it for a discount since it was "last year's model" and with 70 watts X 7 it's got plenty of power for my tract house. At first, I think you'll find it mellow or warm compared to a lot of stuff out there, but after a while, you'll have to conclude that it is just plain truly neutral in sound. And it has all the different surround sound modes (Dolby, DTS, etc).

Here's a smile for all those dudes out there with their fancy equipment: I got an older Marantz TA100 receiver (100 W X 2) from eBay, but found I wanted more, so I got the new reciever. However, I use the TA100 as a power amp for a couple of bigger speakers I use for LFE! I still lack really GOOD main speakers, which is how I came to discover this company and their forum (while reading speaker reviews).

I"d stick with the Marantz. It's good ole (north) American made technology!