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Marantz Cinema 40 AVR Review

Rate this AVR:

  • 1. Poor (headless panther)

    Votes: 8 3.8%
  • 2. Not terrible (postman panther)

    Votes: 50 23.6%
  • 3. Fine (happy panther)

    Votes: 128 60.4%
  • 4. Great (golfing panther)

    Votes: 26 12.3%

  • Total voters
    212
The onkyo rz70 seems to be a much better value. Comparable dacs, free basic Dirac, and the ability to expand to DBLC. I don't know about the 4subs out but I find that overkill.
rz70 does not have Audyssey XT32 and likely has the same problem my RZ50 does with switching power rails with a very loud relay click randomly while driving low impedance speakers.
 
rz70 does not have Audyssey XT32 and likely has the same problem my RZ50 does with switching power rails with a very loud relay click randomly while driving low impedance speakers.
I don't know if the relay clicking is related to the low impedance issue for the RZ50 but the RZ70 is a robust, high-current design and exhibits none of the symptoms!
 
I don't know if the relay clicking is related to the low impedance issue for the RZ50 but the RZ70 is a robust, high-current design and exhibits none of the symptoms!

Even if RZ70 does not have the switching issues I have with RZ50 I would still not buy it because it only has Dirac and Dirac sucks for low volume listening.
 
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