Originally posted by pentode
I think that gringottsdirect must have been very unlucky.
I've had my Marantz SR-5300 for over a year now & it's superb - no problems at all.
I agree it is superb, especially @ £269.00, the price I paid price at Richer Sounds, by the way all three were brand new boxed complete with little green updated stickers.
I wanted a fourth but RS had no stock, they told me they were no longer ranging that model because of too many returns. I was so pleased with it while it worked properly that I would have been very happy to try another SR-5300. I also rang Marantz, they confirmed drop-outs were an issue.
Incidentally, the problem wasn't the bits of sound missing, it was the very loud shriek that accompanied the signal locking on again, like a maximum volume distorted high pitch tone that threatened all six speakers. Every time it happened I had to rush to the Marantz and switch it off as it also locked out the remote.
This took place over a year ago, my posts at the time are here somewhere.
Pentode, I'm pleased yours is working great !
