Beschreibung
From the outside, the unit is full of clean lines, with soft rounded edges rather than classic corners. It's solidly made, as attested by its weight of 12.3 kg (app. 28.3 lbs). Marantz quotes its specifications as 2x95W into 8 Ohms, 20-20,000 Hz, with no more than 0.03% THD. This rises to 2x150W into 4 Ohms. Maximum power output is quoted as 120/195W into 8/4 Ohms, the damping factor is quoted as 150 into 8 Ohms and response is given as -1dB down at 10 and 65,000 Hz. It is fully remote controllable using the supplied RC8000PM control, itself a longish, cluttered but still very useful affair. The fascia is made of aluminum and is very uncluttered, despite a fair number of controls. The large left knob is a source selector, while its right side counterparts is the volume pot. Between them is a row of seven LEDs, signaling what has been selected. Just below them are, left to right, Tape Monitor switch, Mute on LED (activated from the remote control only) and CD-R/MD activation switch. The lowest tier contains, again left to right, the power on/off switch, headphones jack, Speakers A and B switch selectors (which activate respective relays, thus eliminating wiring, but placing relays in signal path), Rec Out selector which has a very useful Off central position, bass and treble pots, Source Direct switch which bypasses all but the volume pot and finally the balance pot. The front has a bold HDAM insignia in the top right corner; this refers to Marantz's discrete and shielded discrete equivalent of an op amp, which are used for voltage gain on the power amps. On the back, beside the usual speaker binding posts and RCA Cinch jacks, you will also find three convenience AC outlets, a practice I welcome, as its is most useful. Assuming you have a tuner, a CD player and a cassette or MD deck, one wall outlet wire will neatly cater for it all. At the back, beside the usual connectors, those for CD and Phono being also gold plated, you'll find three things worth mentioning. One are three mains convenience outlets, with a total power rating of 100W, more than enough for a tuner, CD player and a cassette, MD or even CD recorder. This is a very handy feature I wish more manufacturers would use. The second is a pair of output and a pair of input jacks, connected by a pair of U shaped plastic bars, labeled External processors In/Out; very handy, if you want to use such a device, now or later. The third are speaker binding posts. They appear chunky, but in reality, they are not nearly as convenient as they may appear. Inside, they are soldered directly to the power amp circuit board, which is very good as it eliminates any and all wiring. But, the problem is on the outside - they will just barely accept 4 mm wire. No way they will accept my van den Hul 352 Hybrid cable, which is 5.5 mm thick, I'd have to peel off some of the plastic. I had trouble sticking in 4 mm wire as well. Now, this is damn ridiculous - first they use binding posts, presumably to allow the current transfer to be as good as possible, and they limit the wire gauge, which is doing exactly the opposite. Just another episode of the old, old story of impressing the gullible public with sales blurb: Look here, we gave you binding posts! They may be junk, but they are binding posts! Binding posts here!. A minus here in my book. Notwithstanding that, the level of overall finish is very good indeed, I'd say a little above the norm in the commercial class, and the feel is very positive, from the clicking of the relays to using the remote for turning the volume up or down. Marantz deserve praise here.On Oct-17-23 at 08:36:54 PDT, seller added the following information: Someone asked me about the noise. Little noise on right hand side but it will disappear after few minutes. I have been listening last over 15 years. Very satisfied.
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