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In Reply to: Marantz SR7200 posted by Brad on October 5, 2001 at 21:21:14:
After just about buying the Marantz SR7200 today, a few things came to mind.
I use optical digital outs on all 4 of my components. So on 2 components,
I'd need to buy 2 coaxial digital cables to make them compatable with the
SR7200 limited optical inputs. Considering about $15 a piece, that $30. Then
the recoton phono preamp is a bit more than I thought, it's now $50. Add in
my tax and that is $84 more to make it compatable with equipment where other
costlier recievers wouldn't need that. I should be able to get the Onkyo 797
for about $900, if I wanted. With tax, and a coaxial digital cable, that's
$985.91. The Marantz SR7200 would cost me $795.15 with $660 discounted
price, tax, cables, phono pre-amp. The Onkyo will be only $190.76 more but well
worth it since Marantz's only benefit is the remote, in which I already have
a Pronto TSU2000.Regardless, the SR7200 total price of almost $800 to get what I already have
doesn't seem like a great bargain anymore. I will still demo it as I found a
local dealer who priced matched the authorized internet dealer's price. If I
find it sounds awesome compared to the Onkyo 797 or 787, I may just buy it.
The fearful part of the Marantz SR7200 is that I will use it's only 2
optical inputs for my Yamaha CD player and my Dish Network 4700 satellite
receiver. If I upgrade in the future to a DVD-Audio player, most are now
only offering optical digital output. I'll then be screwed. Very hard
decision!The Onkyo offers these features over the Marantz SR7200:
One rear optical input
One front optical input
One rear A/V input
Incorporated Phono preamp
DTS-ES Discrete
THX-Select(benefit or negative, hard to say without using)
Composite to S-Video conversion
Digital Upsampling
DTS:Neo(Marantz has CS 5.1 equivalent IMO)The Marantz SR7200 offers these features over the Onkyo 797
Excellent remote
Coaxial digital output
Circle Surround 5.1(Onkyo has DTS:Neo equivalent IMO)
3 year warranty opposed to 2 yearsHard decision where I may just keep my excellent performing Yamaha RX-V2095.
With Marantz, my only feature gains are DPLII and CS 5.1
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- May not be the value I thought it was - Brad 12:56:47 10/06/01 (0)
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