Problems with Marantz AV 8003 & new AV 7005

There are no "problems," per se. There are defined limitations of the design. The first is that it uses MultEQ, not MultEQ XT. The second is that the DSP engine of the AV8003 cannot do Audyssey processing and decoding of HD codecs at the same time. The solution to this is to decode them in the player and send PCM to the Marantz. Sound quality, per se, is unaffected and, according to many, is excellent. Your move.

Kal

I have no advance news of the 7005 other than what has been disseminated on the Internet.

Kal

The AV7005 is NOT a receiver. The SR7005 is a receiver.

Also, you may not have had any problems with the 8003 (and that's great) but it does have the limitations I listed above. For me, those are significant and one reason I had declined to review it.

Kal

C'mon. Read the specs for the SR7005 receiver: http://us.marantz.com/Products/3230.asp

Or read the announcement for the AV7005 prepro:
http://us.marantz.com/AVSeparatesFinal_July2010.pdf

They are not the same.

You can express your opinion, of course, but mine is that every mode sounds better with Audyssey MultEQ XT engaged. The only exception might be if someone screwed up the calibration (and that is more common than one might think).

Kal

It has XLR outputs (http://www.hembioconsult.se/partnerfiles/hembioconsult/pdf/AV7005.pdf) and DSD decoding is not a deal-breaker, imho.

Kal