It would be interesting to see how music is consumed today. Is it mostly soundbars or wireless earbuds?i expect this is result of many things... eg. some big players have left this market, there's the movt. of soundbars and other trash into this arena... my local general hifi joints have given up on traditonal 'home cinema' because a lot of people dont care about that any more
its more about streaming to soundbars
anyone who's left are 'true beleivers' and will pay handsomely for the next gen
Their latest slim AVR model.The CINEMA 70 model is the most recent version of the Marantz NR1710, not the 1510. The 1710 was a 7 channel AVR, while the 15 series was 5 channel. The CINEMA 70 is 7 channels.
Their latest slim AVR model.
I think that to hear screams and explosions a little healthy distortion doesn't hurt!I should point out that this is a refurbished unit for $444. I had mentioned this to @amirm, but that was back in July when we first started discussing reviewing it, but that fact didn't make it into the review. I use it for occasional bedroom TV in a TV hutch, so the size is really important, so I'll likely keep it.
Funny, where I live, NR1200 is actually around 15% more expensive than NR1510 and almost the same price as NR1711. You should get more stereo power with NR1200.It comes down to stuffing or not stuffing a handful of components on the amp board (see pics above - the amp board is vertical, near the front, by the heat sink).
They, like other brands, charge a little bit of a premium for the 2-channel version. From the consumer point of view, you're basically paying them to remove a few parts.
To me its clear that the slow digital filtering is deliberately, to make the dac sound more ”analog” . We see this in almost all Marantz AVRs.I lived with the NR1602 for a good number of years before moving to the SR series which performs better compared to the slim line but nowhere near as it should be performing. Should have gone with Denon, what a miss!
It also features pre-amp mode which should improve measurements.There is a chance, because it doesn't feature the "dreaded" HDAM modules
Cinema 70s AV Receiver | Marantz
The Marantz Cinema 70s is a 7.2 channel 150W AV receiver with a slim, discreet design featuring Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, 8K Ultra HD, and HEOS® Built-in streaming.www.marantz.com
I don't think anyone can hear anything wrong with this AVR except maybe a lack of power, the noise performance is pretty impressive for the price.Most buyers of units like this won't notice the poor SINAD as they will probably be watching lossy AC3 content off air, cable or satellite or listing to lossy MP3 streams. And if they do watch a disc or streaming service with high bitrate uncompressed audio they will convince themselves it sounds great, with "smooth almost analog high end....deep black audio background....palpable image depth...." etc and so forth.