Choosing new receiver

rti
rti Posts: 3
edited February 2010 in Electronics
Does anyone have first hand comparison between Pioneer SC-27/25 vs Marantz SR8002, I am considering buying one of these 2 receivers as an upgrade to my TX-SR674. Speakers are rtia9 and vr2.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 26,000
    edited February 2010
    Pioneer Sc-27 for me...
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  • MANSKITO
    MANSKITO Posts: 295
    edited February 2010
    Maybe its time for an external power amp and pre/pro m8 thats rather a good AVR to begin with.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited February 2010
    I vote for the Pioneer Elite as well...but it would be useful if you told us what percentage of music to movie listening/watching you do?

    Because Marantz are known to be one of the most musical AVRs for 2 channel? But the Pioneers are GREAT overall!

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  • rti
    rti Posts: 3
    edited February 2010
    rti wrote: »
    Does anyone have first hand comparison between Pioneer SC-27/25 vs Marantz SR8002, I am considering buying one of these 2 receivers as an upgrade to my TX-SR674. Speakers are rtia9 and vr2. Budget constraints why not considering separates, movies/music ratio is 50/50........
    :D:o
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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited February 2010
    You really have to go and listen yourself. Both (or all 3) of those are excellent AVRs, but Marantz has a completely different sound from Elite.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited February 2010
    rti wrote: »
    Does anyone have first hand comparison between Pioneer SC-27/25 vs Marantz SR8002, I am considering buying one of these 2 receivers as an upgrade to my TX-SR674. Speakers are rtia9 and vr2.

    Unless you can get the SC-27 for not much more than an SC-25, I would just buy the SC-25. I compared them both and ended up with the SC-25 for a little over $1K shipped a couple weeks ago. Apparently the SC-27 was available for not much more money, but I didn't come across that deal until it was all said and done.

    Anyways....what I'm saying is the Pioneer Elites are great, especially for movies. Considering you're 50% HT and 50% Music, the Elite makes the most sense. Get your ears on them first, though.

    I'm extremely happy with this receiver. It pairs nice with Oppo BDPs, too. ;)
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