Marantz SR 4001

Airplay355
Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
edited July 2009 in Electronics
Just ordered the receiver from ac4l to replace a POS Sony HTIB receiver my parents had. I had an SR7200 when I was younger and I loved it. I figured for $268 shipped I probably wasn't going to find anything better. It's new too, not refurbished so I get a 3 year warranty :)

Anyone have experience with the newer receivers? They will mostly be using it for TV and movies so I have a feeling it will be perfect powering the JM Lab 706s we have as mains. Maybe we'll add a center and surrounds now.
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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited June 2009
    I replaced my sony htib with an onkyo 607 last month and love the sound from hdmi via my 2 week old ps3. does the 4001 have hdmi?

    If so you should be in for a treat watching bluray
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  • mvs9963
    mvs9963 Posts: 19
    edited June 2009
    I have had the marantz 4003 for about a year now. I repaced it with an old jvc rcv. The difference was amazing.. I researched for about 6 months and listened to denon,onk,yahmaha. It was a toss up between pio lower vsx line and the marantz. I liked the marantz sound overall. very warm and full compared to the pio overall 2 me
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2009
    I think so, Marantz is generally considered a more 'musical' AVR, and warm like a Harman Kardon--you'd also like that if you like Marantz. I haven't heard the new series which I think is 'improved' but I've felt the H/Ks were warmer than the previous Marantz models.

    And Kex, you've GOT to be right...

    cnh
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  • mvs9963
    mvs9963 Posts: 19
    edited June 2009
    :rolleyes:oops
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited June 2009
    I actually have the older model of Chorus and turns out they are 707s, not 706. Same tweeter just a larger woofer. The 4001 has pre-outs, not that my parents would be using them but they are there.

    It does have hdmi but I'm really out of the loop with HT technology. Does the hdmi cable mean I don't have to use an optical cable for audio anymore? Is blurray sound better then regular DVD sound?
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited June 2009
    I just meant that if i slapped an amp in the setup my parents wouldn't know the difference. I could do it, but I don't need to do it by any means. They won't be cranking it or doing any serious listening. Plus the bookshelves are easy to drive and are pretty efficient.

    Not too worried about the sound differences between an optical or an HDMI cable. There are certainly things in the system that could be changed to make much more drastic improvements but thanks for pointing that out. I didn't know there were different versions of HDMI.

    All the sources are HDMI capable so I guess I'll run them all through the receiver so the OSD shows up.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2009
    An HDMI repeater version 1.1 should be able to carry audio as multi-channel LPCM as well at the 24 bit/96Khz level? I think!

    See below....

    cnh

    HDMI Repeater
    Now remember, with HDMI switching, it's as if you're running a cable directly from your source to your TV. A receiver with just an HDMI switcher never processes the HDMI audio — it just passes it through.

    If you want multichannel sound to play through your home theater system, you’ll want a receiver with an HDMI repeater. Rather than just passing through the HDMI signal, a receiver with a repeater will process the audio portion of the signal coming in, and then send on ("repeat") the video portion to the HDMI output going to your TV.

    Not every receiver that does HDMI switching has an HDMI repeater. But all of the receivers that do have an HDMI repeater also do HDMI switching.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2009
    Gotcha Kex. If that's the case and the OSD doesn't show up, I'll just run a regular RCA cable to a different source on the TV and use that to view the OSD and to change the settings on the receiver. My parents won't be messing with any of the settings anyway. All they want is volume and a power button ;)

    Either way there are enough inputs, output and wires for me to get something working lol.
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  • mvs9963
    mvs9963 Posts: 19
    edited July 2009
    on my 4003, i have an s-video connection to the tv for the osd. it does not show osd over hdmi
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  • mvs9963
    mvs9963 Posts: 19
    edited July 2009
    totally agree with you just had extra s-vid within arms reach first cable i grabbed
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2009
    It shipped today and the package weighs 34lbs. I didn't expect it to be such a beast. I'm sure the parents are going to love it.

    I wish I could find the matching center channel for the JM Labs. The newer chorus line looks so different it would look strange to mismatch them.
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