I've been toying with the idea of selling off my Marantz CD 5001s and buying a pair of the new model, CD 5003 see it here. I see What Hi-fi magazine Review Here have given it the rare 5 Star treatment but without really saying if there is much difference. The main difference seems to be that the...

Quote: Originally Posted by soloz2 this reaffirms what I suspected was happening. Thanks for the update No prob. Sarchi, you may find this helpful.

Ok, the upshot of the whole thing is I finally brought back the Marantz 5001 to the shop, told the guy there about the disappointing audio quality and he promptly swopped it our for a new one. I brought it home, hooked it up, switched it on and HEY PRESTO! a great sounding machine. So let...

There's plenty of sad songs around but some of the ones I particularly like The Last Song - Elton John The Soft Rains of April - Aha Teddybear - Red Sovine Honey - Bobby Goldsboro Crying - Don McLean Unbreak My Heart - Toni Braxton My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion Feelings - Morris...

In a world of convienient MP3 it seems Hi-Fi is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Rolling Stone magazine have an article http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17777619/the_death_of_high_fidelity/print "...Over the past decade and a half, a revolution in recording technology has...

Quote: Originally Posted by hciman77 Yep, I just picked up an old Onkyo DX1400 from eBay for $9.99, analog outputs only but very nice, there are some nice bargains out there if you look hard and dont get put off by the low prices Is the Onkyo any good or just a cheap 'n...

Quote: How sure are you that the levels are the same , even a small increase in output level can give the impression that the louder one is better. My external DAC always sounds better than the internal ones when I switch over but it has a 0.5V increase over the internal DAC. I have...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jaska What I want to know is where you found the Marantz for €180... They seem to run a steady €299 here. Probably because Finland is the most expensive country in the EU. I'm in Ireland where some government ministers encourage us to shop around for...

Quote: Originally Posted by HiWire Enjoy the burn-in! The term "burn-in" dates from valve and early solid state era, with modern circuit design and components it is very doubtful that a "burn-in" is required in this day and age.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarchi You'll have to promise not to laugh....I've invested in analog about 200:1 ratio the last 10 yrs or so. CD is still not my thing, but I'm trying. My cdp references lately have been: Pioneer PDR-509, which was a cd recorder made between '99 and '02...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarchi That CD6002 looks interesting indeed. I'm also not that happy with the 5001. Is the CD4398 DAC supposed to be a lot better than the CD4392? Btw, I had a chance to listen to the SA-7 recently, that was the best digital sound I've ever heard, at least...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarchi Thanks. Seems we don't get the 6002 or 7001 here. But I think the 8001 and "7001 KI" might be one and the same (?). Quite possibly but I'm not sure why Marantz have not introduced the CD-6002 to the US market. I haven't seen the 8001 but a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarchi Interesting....can you provide a link? No problem: BTW I'm in Ireland hence the use of the Marantz Europe site. Marantz Europe

Quote: Originally Posted by Bizzel If you're going to upgrade, you might as well go a little higher otherwise you could be disappointed by what could be a very subtle difference. You could be right but apparently Marantz have done a "root and branch" review of the CD-5001 and...

They're both in the budger range with the 6002 priced a bit higher but is there really any audiable difference between these two Marantz CDPs? Reason I ask is beacause I'm not 100% happy with the 5001 and might upgrade for the sake of some extra $$$s

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarchi I've been burning in my 5001 24/7 and it has at least 75 hours on it now...I haven't noticed any real change in the sound. That is interesting. As I said I dont want to playing CDs on a DVD player if it can be at all avoided....that said I...

Yes it could be the DAC alright. I'm feeding both into a Behringer mixer MIXERS / POWERED MIXERS - UB SERIES MIXERS - EURORACK UB1832FX-PRO : Ultra Low-Noise Design 18-Input 3/2-Bus Mic/Line Mixer with Premium IMPÂ*Mic Preamplifiers and 24-Bit Multi-FX Processor in a home hi-fi/studio combo but...

Quote: Originally Posted by infinitesymphony At least give it a chance... If it's beaten by a $40 DVD player, that's a bad sign. Thats what I mean. But is there such a thing as "burning-in" the Marantz for the audio to settle...the Philips had no problem, it was sounding great...

Interesting comments about the CD-5001 here. I bought one last week and it burns my old Technics SL-PG390 but gets sorely beaten into the halfpenny place by the new Philips DVD player DVP5160 (DVP5140 in the US)! That Marantz is midrangey slightly dull compared to the rich audio from the...

Newbie here. Recently purchased these two quite different machines, the Marantz being a dedicated CDP (CD-R, CD-RW only) while the Philips is a DVD player (also plays MP3, DivX, CD-R, CD-RW and even has a USB port to the front) Both players have 24 bit/192kHz DACs. Here's my problem, I ran...