Marantz AV7005 - Page 268

WestCoastD^^.. I am using Emotiva Limited Edition XPA-1's for my L/R Fronts and an XPA-3 for my center and surround channels. I have had these for a few years now and love them.

I also started digging deeper into the manual and found how to adjust speaker levels on the fly, not that I would need to with Audyssey running but it is always nice to be able to do it if I chose to.

Read the Audyssey Setup Guide and FAQ:

"Subwoofer distance: in many active subwoofers it is not possible to defeat the low-pass filtering. That means that the pre-pro bass management filters will be on top of the low-pass filters inside the subwoofer. The built-in low-filters introduce a delay to the signal coming in (because they have poles). This delay is seen by MultEQ as acoustical delay and is reported in the results. That is why sometimes the subwoofer distance is reported to be longer than the physical measured distance. The setting should not be changed because the blend between the sub and the satellites has been designed based on this time delay."

Ever since I got my 7005 I have felt it needs pretty accurate aiming of the remote (I use a Harmony One) in order to catch the commands.

Now I have relocated it into a new cabinet (BDI Avion) with smoked glass doors and I find I need to aim dead straight otherwise it does not react. Not workable in my home.

Anyone who has tried using an IR extender? Can I put an IR blaster right on the 7005's IR eye so that it does not get duplicate signals?

Yes. I don't have an IR extender at home, but my father has the same machine and his remote control (the same one Harmony I have also) works infinitely better. When I get the motivation, I'm going to install one also.

wow, sounds good! XPA-1's look intriguing for price (on paper), are they very clean? Which speakers are you using (for fronts)?


you mean using AV7005 remote? I always seem to need to adjust center (up) during various movie sources (to understand dialog).

I am running mine with a single XPA-5 for my Mythos ST, 10 and XL's and they are very clean. They are an efficient speaker to begin with, but never know when you need that extra power

Not that I have any other pre/pro experience before this combo, but price for the buck, I am not sure there is better from others I looked at that I am sure are great as well.

Can any of the forum members give me a head start on how I can place 3 HD inputs into a DVDO Edge, and then run the Edge output to one AV7005 HDMI input??

I want to switch sources using the Edge remote, so that I can utilize the ISF calibration done with the Edge in place. I would also want to eliminate any video processing by the AV7005.

Thanks in advance for any and all thoughts, comments, suggestions!!

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The EDGE is nothing more than an HDMI switch, so plug all sources into it (calibrate each accordingly) and the HDMI output to one of the AVR's HDMI input jacks which you can then rename (p. 71) to "EDGE" (or whatever you want). Then for that input source, set the "i/P scaler" setting (p. 70) to OFF to allow the video signal to pass through without any processing.

You may also want to consider using a Harmony remote which would be able to control all of your devices to include the EDGE and the 7005.

Thanks JDSmoothie!

i will certainly try this, as the av7005 could really solve my dream design

isn't "The Edge" a famous guitar player?

jdsmoothie, your advice was on target. Using your lead, I wired the AV7005, and got the video portion correct, then I had to change some settings in my Oppo BD-83, and my Sony BX-57 DVD players, and one setting on the DVDO Edge, and I had audio working properly.

My first impressions of the AV7005 is that it is a dynamic component, and matches any other processors I have used to date. When factoring in the feature value to costs, this is a pure WINNER!!

I was under the impression that the AV7005 would play Flac24/192 files which is not the case. Can anyone verify?

Thanks

I am streaming these using the PS3 Media Player

I had some challenges with high bitrates and multichannel FLAC - but no more. The Marantz will take PCM at 192 kHz - it does not display bit depth - but PCM at 192 kHz is not a problem.

I called Marantz and they said no, only 96. I am unable to play 24/192 on the AV7005 but the Denon 4310 plays them fine. What am I missing here?

Thanks

OK. I play 24/192 flac files off of a PC. PC sends PCM to Marantz. All is good with that.
I forgot that the Marantz can actually play FLACs because the user interface was so kludgy.

To first approximation, nothing. Your ears cannot hear frequencies/transients/risetimes corresponding to frequencies above 20KHz (equivalent to 16/44). The primary advantages of higher sampling rates are during production (minimizing losses and distortions in the intermediate signal manipulations) and in the quality of the effort expended in creating the audio tracks. When producing audio for high-bitrate distribution, the production houses tend to be more quality-conscious than when producing audio for lower sampling rates.

Bear in mind that unless your electronics and speakers are completely linear in their responses and/or filter out the higher frequencies, ultrasonics will mix with lower frequencies to produce interference in the audible range which you might or might not be able to hear.

Just became a proud owner of s SR7005.
I have an issue with vTuner internet radio. Some stations sound like plain static, white noise. In particular Sky.fm SmoothJazz 24/7.

Can anyone of you try this station and report back? Would like to confirm I'm not the only one with this problem... most other Sky.fm stations I tried are ok.
All, including the non-working station are 96kbps mp3 streams.

Thanks.

Frederic

Help.
Last Thursday I picked my new combo AV7005 / MM7055. I installed everything and now am happily using it for music and video.
I even managed to program many HEX codes from the Marantz website into my Logitech Harmony to control the AV7005.

But I do have one serious problem that I don't understand.
Occasionally the AV7005 will sort of reboot itself: turn off and then immediately turn back on on the same input. I checked all I could think of:
- Cables are correctly and firmly inserted;
- I'm running the latest firmware;
- HDMI CEC is off (on the AV7005 and on all other equipment);
- No one is controling the AV7005 over ethernet;
- Top of AV7005 is not hot, just warm (colder than my Denon 3808 used to run), and teh frequency of reboots does not seem to increase after runnig longer time;
- MM7055 remains on;
- it has done this on different inputs: FM-Tuner, HDMI-2 input, COAX-1 input.

Any idea what this could be ?
And more importantly how to get rid of it (without getting rid of the AV7005).

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This issue has occurred on Denon units from time to time as well and is generally resolved at a repair facility.

Loose (and therefore intermittent) AC power connection? Disconnect and then reconnect, as firmly as possible, both the IEC power input on the back panel, as well as the other end, the AC power cord to your house. Don't plug to the same AC outlet, try another one and double check all intermediate extension cords and power strips.

I actually recently just bought an AC power strip, with switched outlets, and indeed one of them is intermittent. It does happen from time to time.

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This is one thing that I didn't try yet: switching the AC-outlet. Will do it tomorrow. Thank you for the suggestion

Update: tried it. No success, after 5 minutes again a 'reboot'.
Contacted my dealer who contacted Marantz. My AV7005 will be returned and I will get a new one....hopefully very soon.

I'm curious about where the av7005 made in .
I was sure (after reading in different forums) that it suppose to be made in Japan ....
But mine say china on the back ...

Did they switched to china or it was never in Japan ?

Mine, bought in September 2010, was made in Japan.

Mine is August 2011, made in Japan. I think I read somewhere on this forum that production moved to China late last year. I also think mine was in the first batch distributed following the tsunami, it was on backorder for months.

In the end, I don't think it matters much where it was assembled. As with a lot of things, it's good odds that a bunch of the components were from China anyway, with someone just doing final assembly in Japan. There have been few reports here about problem units and the QC in China has been generally pretty good for a few years from what I've been reading on the web. Most reputable companies have their own QC people in the factories, it's worth too much to them to have a problem as the way info travels now your brand can get hurt very quickly if you have problems or are seen as non-responsive. My 2 cents.

Norm

Correct. Both SR7005 and AV7005 were originally made in Japan until last year's tsunami. After that production was moved to China. My SR7005 bought last week was also manufactured in China in February of this year.

Mine was made in China. Fits right in with my Emotiva and Oppo equipment. I agree with Norm. I haven't had any problems with any of them.
I take that back... I have a burnt out LED indicator on my Emotiva amp. No biggie, though.

I see there is a new version of the Marantz Remote iPhone app. I also see a new (to me) app called DeRemote. Have any of you tried them yet and have a report to share?

Yes. I would say it's a significant improvement, both functionally and aesthetically.

Matty

What program are you using to play the flac files?

Foorbar2000 with WASPI running in exclusive mode is the way to go.