annamiata
Novice Member
I just bought a used Marantz SR6012 for $700.00. Everything works as it should but I am full of regret. As soon I opened the box and felt the weight (or no weight at all). It felt like an empty box. It reminded of my college dome Sony Receiver of the early 90s. I owned two receivers. They are the Pioneer Elite THX ($700.00 when new in 2000) and Onkyo TX-SR-805 THX Ultra 2 ($1,000 new) certified since last ten years. These two receivers were two beasts and each weight around 50 pounds. Pioneer Elite was an old school and I removed from movie theater and still used in my bed room. I just swapped out the Onkyo yesterday and replaced with Marantz SR6012. The main reason was HDMI 2.2 for the new projector and ultra HD player HDMI connections. I tested the Marantz internal amp and compared to the Pioneer and Onkyo internal amps. Both of my Pioneer and Onkyo receivers' sound level put Marantz SR6012 to shame in my large theater room. I recalled both Pioneer (110 watt rms x 5 at 0.05% THD ) and Onkyo (130 watts x 7 into 8 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.05% THD) had no problem and played with authority in my large theater room. I do have a dedicated 3,000 cubic feet plus, large home theater, with dedicated 18 channels THX separate amplifiers for all channels and four separate THX amps for four subwoofers. Both Onkyo and Pioneer have dedicated THX reference mode for watching movie which Marantz does not have only used the Pioneer and Onkyo internal processors with dedicated amps. Marantz will be used a processor only as well.
Another issue, Marantz display is a gimmick. A tiny display only shown source and level. I have no idea what audio option the processor choose or what audio option I have chosen in blueray of UHD menu.
Stay away from the Marantz SR6s line if you have large room of 3,000 cubic feet. I guess no one makes receivers that can driven all channels like they used to be. I will hold on to these two old beasts.
Another issue, Marantz display is a gimmick. A tiny display only shown source and level. I have no idea what audio option the processor choose or what audio option I have chosen in blueray of UHD menu.
Stay away from the Marantz SR6s line if you have large room of 3,000 cubic feet. I guess no one makes receivers that can driven all channels like they used to be. I will hold on to these two old beasts.