Marantz 1510 - good enough?

Unfortunately the Denon is approx. 850 dollars in Europe, which is beyond my budget
I've found a Sony DHT790 and a Denon S760H within my price range, however the Sony doesn't have WiFi. Would the Denon S760H be better for my use? I've read bad reviews about it on the web.

Emlyn wrote: »

I think the NR1510 would be a good choice. The back shows its amp section is 4 ohm stable indicating a decent high current design. It also has preamp outputs for the main left and right speakers should more power be desired later by adding a separate two channel amp. Also has dual subwoofer outputs and up to date processing and streaming features. It’s an $800 receiver in the US market.

I would run all speakers as small with crossover settings at 80 Hz to direct the lowest frequencies to the subwoofer.

Great news, thank you. I'll pick it up tomorrow and go with suggested settings, then I'll report.

EDIT: very sorry about the double post, no idea how to add quotes in edit mode.

Theoretically there is a dedicated Denon website for Germany, however I cannot access it since a few days for whatever reason. It loads and loads and eventually ends up in a 502 error code. The x2700h is a ln 850 bucks AVR in Germany which unfortunately isn't a viable option for me. The Marantz costs 580 dollars in here.

Does the frequency crossover suggestion mean lower frequencies cause higher power consumption?

As of right now the plan is to grab the 1510 and give it a shot, if it turns out not sufficient I'll probably return it and save up a little more money for a better unit. However I'd like to see how the Marantz performs under these conditions.
Does Denon offer golden colored units just like the Marantz? While not a priority I'd lie if I said the looks don't play a small role.

Hello there,

it's been a few days that I own the system and after initial euphoria I started noticing the two main speakers being slightly underpowered. The surround speakers are definitely louder than the main ones.
I'm barely using multi channel stereo since it lessens the stereo effect, but already had an opportunity to do so and noticed how most of the music came out of the surrounds. Sitting in the dedicated listening position all sound comes from the back.
This is especially noticeable while watching DD content, the main speakers seem a little shy.
Now I was warned about that, but I'm stubborn and keeping the NR1510, the looks of it perfectly integrate within my desired home theater room, so I'm thinking of an upgrade path to get the most out of my system.
I'm perfectly aware that returning the unit and saving up a little more for a more powerful one would be my go to option but there isn't anything on the market that looks good enough to become girlfriend approved so I'm thinking of adding a stereo amplifier to run the mains on its own.
As of right now my choice is the Marantz NR1200. It's said to deliver 135wpc, would that be plenty?
My biggest fear is it could end up being too much and making other speakers sound underpowered. Is that a case?
If I understood correctly there is a pre amp output on my current NR1510 that could be used to achieve my goal, is that true?
I'm thinking of grabbing the Marantz CD6007 cd player somewhere in the future, as I had internet issues lately and the system became obsolete without network.
Could I hook up the CD player to the stereo amplifier and play music in stereo mode on the mains only? Effectively bypassing the surround receiver?

Now it's only been a week since I've got my system and I'm already planning on upgrading, am I an audiophile now?