Marantz SR6004/SR5004 Owners' Thread - Page 11

Originally Posted by jkleejk

Hi I am new here, I wonder if Sr6004 can drive 4ohm rear speakers? thanks

Originally Posted by gravy1

@winston9332

Did you do compare the stereo/movie performance between the SR6003 and the SR6004.
I can get the SR6003 for a nice price (650), but wonder if its worth to upgrade to a SR6004 (900).
I don't really care about the extra in/outputs that the SR6004 offers.

Originally Posted by jmourik

@winston9332 (or others with Marantz vs. Onkyo experience..)

You mentioned you were playing with an nr-1007 earlier in the thread. I'm curious about the sound of the Marantz vs. the Onkyo, both in stereo and HT mode. Is the Marantz really better sonically?

Originally Posted by jmourik

Wow, ridiculous! But so far you seem to be the only one having these problems, well, in this forum? Guess you're ready to give up on the 6004...

jan

PS. Don't worry too much about the "liberal fascists" taking away your TV! From your link: "Representatives of some TV makers, including top-seller Vizio Inc. of Irvine, said they would have little trouble complying with tighter state standards without substantially increasing prices.

"We're comfortable with our ability to meet the proposed levels and implementation dates," said Kenneth R. Lowe, Vizio's co-founder and vice president."

Anyway, it's only for TVs measuring 58 inches and smaller...

Originally Posted by BobL

Winston,

I hope Marantz takes care of you on this!!! They should compare all your damaged equipment and see what is causing the problem. Hopefully, it is the same problem in at least 3 of your units so they can have an idea of what is causing the failures. If they think it is caused by an external source I would HOPE they would send a technician to your house and verify all your equipment. I'm not talking about it being set up correctly, I doubt that is the problem.

I'm referring to equipment that is supposed to operate within a given specification say 1-10 volts and some piece of equipment is running hot and putting out 20 volts under certain circumstances. Almost every piece of equipment will take some overload but how much is the question. You need someone with instrumentation to monitor your equipment.

I'm not defending Marantz, if this is something that is a design problem shame on them!!! And shame on them for not fixing it yet!!! It is just unusual we are not hearing more reports of failures of these units. Typically, when it is a design oversight you hear the same problem from many users.

Either way I'm holding off on getting one to test until this issue is resolved. I hope Marantz treats you well!

Good luck!

Bob

Originally Posted by gravy1

Dynamic volume, and dynamic eq will not work with the new HD-audio formats right?

Originally Posted by BobL

Do you have a surge protector with the UL rating of A, 1 , 1? Surge protectors can sometimes cause more harm than good depending on the wiring of your house and cost doesn't necesarily indicate performance. UL offers optional endurance testing which MOST manufacturers don't submit their products. A UL sticker only means it passed safety requirements and not performance parameters.

Denons and Onkyos could have different tolerances like the example I gave with 20 volts. Maybe they can handle 30 volts and the Marantz only 18 volts but the offending piece shouldn't be putting out more than 10.

If we were hearing other reports of these units failing than I definitely would say there is a problem with the marantz. And mabye there are other units we do not know since many of these units are sold through installers and we might not be hearing those reports. I haven't heard anything on the installer's forums YET.

If Marantz has no other failed units and one customer with 4 failed units than that customer is either extremely unlucky, has a very unique system which wasn't accounted for in design or there is something wrong with that system causing the failure.

I'm just saying it is weird. Either way if I were you I'd probably avoid Marantz unless they do something to take care of you and solve the problem not just keep replacing equipment.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobL

Do you have a surge protector with the UL rating of A, 1 , 1? Surge protectors can sometimes cause more harm than good depending on the wiring of your house and cost doesn't necesarily indicate performance. UL offers optional endurance testing which MOST manufacturers don't submit their products. A UL sticker only means it passed safety requirements and not performance parameters.

Denons and Onkyos could have different tolerances like the example I gave with 20 volts. Maybe they can handle 30 volts and the Marantz only 18 volts but the offending piece shouldn't be putting out more than 10.

If we were hearing other reports of these units failing than I definitely would say there is a problem with the marantz. And mabye there are other units we do not know since many of these units are sold through installers and we might not be hearing those reports. I haven't heard anything on the installer's forums YET.

If Marantz has no other failed units and one customer with 4 failed units than that customer is either extremely unlucky, has a very unique system which wasn't accounted for in design or there is something wrong with that system causing the failure.

I'm just saying it is weird. Either way if I were you I'd probably avoid Marantz unless they do something to take care of you and solve the problem not just keep replacing equipment.

Bob

Originally Posted by HotAhr

Winston, Could you possibly be experiencing power spikes? I mean 4 units? Whoa! Something else has to be going on. It can't be a manufacturer defect at this point... Well? then again, stranger things have happened.'

Originally Posted by Omar McNulty

I'm *this* close to buying a European Marantz SR6004, but I still have several niggling questions that I'd love answered:
Cheers,
McNulty