Good deal on a Marantz receiver??

Frak601
Frak601 Posts: 13
edited December 2006 in Electronics
I am starting a new dedicated theater room in my house and have been considering the Yamaha RX-V1700 receiver, a Pioneer Elite, or the Marantz Sr7001.......I was a bit torn over the Yamaha and Marantz because I have had good luck with my last, but now outdated Yamaha, but I was offered a price of $780 for the Marantz SR7001 by a person I have befriended in the HT business and I think that may be too good to pass up! Is this too much of a good thing not to put my Yamaha thoughts to rest??? I would love to hear your thoughts and comments on the Marantz if anyone has this model, or the Yamaha.Thanks.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited December 2006
    Take a quick look at the harman/kardon 645 too.
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  • maingey
    maingey Posts: 632
    edited December 2006
    The Marantz SR7001 is pretty solid... Tho not packed full of feature as similarly priced Denon/Yamaha, the quality comes thru on the audio and performance side, (I believe). That's a great price, I just put one in a client's home for a media room/theater setup and our guys said they liked the audessy setup and it was pretty accurated vs. the spl meter reads and assorted measurements.
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited December 2006
    I just bought a marantz sr 8001. I highly recommend it or it's smaller sibling the sr 7001.
    I initially bought an outlaw 990 pre/pro, then exchanged it for a pioneer elite vsx-84 txsi, and then settled for the marantz.
    The marantz has better build quality and a warmer sound than the outlaw and the pioneer elite.
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