I live in a condo I don’t have the luxury of multiple dedicated listening rooms, I need to compromise.Good news — you absolutely do NOT need to compromise. Keep on using your Marantz for HT and seamlessly incorporate a dedicated stereo preamp into your existing system. For critical 2-channel listening the prepro will be completely out of the signal path, and you can switch between HT and stereo by pushing a button. If this is of interest I can go over the connections, but it’s exceedingly simple and many of us here have used this setup before we got dedicated listening rooms.
Replace my Marantz AV7702mkII?
Greetings Audiogoners,
I am looking to upgrade my HT Pre/Pro. I have been around in
circles about which direction to go, dedicated 2 channel or not. However, since
I live in a condo I don’t have the luxury of multiple dedicated listening rooms, I need to compromise.
Almost all of my listening is digital, I do not need an
included DAC, I have an external one. I use an Apple TV 4K, so having 4K video output
is important. My listening source is a Lumin U1 to Denafrips Terminator,
through a Marantz AV7702mkII, amp is a McIntosh MC205, speakers are Sonus Faber
Amati.
I would like some input on which pre/pro has better 2
channel audio. What I am considering is a new Anthem AVM 70, a new Lexicon
MC-10, or a used Krell Foundation 4K. Do any of these meet my requirements?
Should I look at something else? Will they be an improvement in 2 channel audio over my existing
Marantz?
Thank you for your opinions.