Hi Peter,
I have a PM-75 from the 90 and recently had it recap at Marantz, Costed me about 350 Euros. It was a great machine then and still sound great but by today’s standard it is missing bit.
I’ve heard some of this units at dealers but not at length to constitute a valid opinion. All units, PM-KI Ruby, PM-11 and PM-14s1 are great machines, and you will probably will not be disappointed with any of them.
Probably the PM-KI Ruby will be the one from the lot that will retain higher value has it is a Kent Ishiwata special unit, but when you look inside and compare it to the PM-11/14S1 seems it is missing a lot of material/components. The PM-11/14S1 seems to be at different league.
Looking at internals of The PM-11 and PM-14 are similar machines but with different voicing. However the PM-11 has:
1 XLR input
4 sets of speakers output
While the PM-14 does not have one.
I would say, on the long run the PM-11 will be a more versatile one.
Hope this help
Fil
I have a PM-75 from the 90 and recently had it recap at Marantz, Costed me about 350 Euros. It was a great machine then and still sound great but by today’s standard it is missing bit.
I’ve heard some of this units at dealers but not at length to constitute a valid opinion. All units, PM-KI Ruby, PM-11 and PM-14s1 are great machines, and you will probably will not be disappointed with any of them.
Probably the PM-KI Ruby will be the one from the lot that will retain higher value has it is a Kent Ishiwata special unit, but when you look inside and compare it to the PM-11/14S1 seems it is missing a lot of material/components. The PM-11/14S1 seems to be at different league.
Looking at internals of The PM-11 and PM-14 are similar machines but with different voicing. However the PM-11 has:
1 XLR input
4 sets of speakers output
While the PM-14 does not have one.
I would say, on the long run the PM-11 will be a more versatile one.
Hope this help
Fil