Recent content by fyngyrz

Been running with Marantz as my system core for about five years; it's definitely time to upgrade. It's a nice enough unit for a 1080p theater design, but 4k is here now, and frankly, there are some annoying bugs in the unit's firmware (particularly in the Internet rafio part, which I use a lot)...

Previous configuration was nine MA-700s; seven for the main channels, then a bridged pair for the sub channel.

This is our theater system. We have several dedicated audio systems as well, two in offices and one in the master bedroom.

Ok, first, they're not lying -- they're being tricky. The information you need is there; but it isn't obvious. It's not very nice, but it isn't quite dishonest. Like most things, if you're an informed consumer, you can figure out what you need to figure out. I'm not defending the practice, but I...

I put Pandora on my "Saving Abel" channel early on Christmas Eve, and don't plan to take it off until this mess is over with, lol. I actually enjoy the harmonies and simple melodies of some Christmas music, but by the time Christmas itself rolls around, the commercialism and constant, constant...

...and... with 1rockfm on my mind, I worked through the radiomarantz.com feature for adding your own internet radio stations, and successfully added 1rockfm after a little digging to find the stream URL. So now my AV7005 does directly provide that station. Wasn't very difficult, either. Really...

Yep. Our blessing (and our curse) is the variety and distribution of features across the AV landscape. I would characterize myself as someone who generally has a good handle on most of the relevant issues here, and it still took me many months to decide exactly what I wanted to do, and why, and...

I don't have a dilemma, because I have a pre-pro that does internet radio and manages it thru the pre-pro front panel without requiring either a monitor or an iPad. Also, all my optical audio inputs are in use, so the Apple TV has to come in via HDMI, period. I was just pointing out an annoying...

My apple TV -- which I should mention is a v2, the small black box with white led, Ethernet, HDMI and power -- will stop sending audio from the Internet Radio app within about 10 minutes if the HDMI connection is not maintained once the radio station is selected. OTOH, if you leave the monitor...

Some important concepts for those concerned with ultimate power output. The continuous output of a single or multi-channel amplifier can never be more than the continuous AC power input to the power supply. First of all, the STR-DN1000 receiver is rated as 110 watts x 7. But the power supply...

One difference between the built-in networking on some receivers / pre-pros and the AppleTV or Roku is that often, you can operate the network features on the receivers / pre-pros without turning on your monitor or projector using the built-in front panel display on the unit. A friend's Onkyo...

Way, way too late... I"m still recovering from the sixties... I think. Don't exactly recall them the way most people do.... lots of colors...

Bloodrock -- specifically Bloodrock II. Texas band ca ~1970, rough around the edges but still wonderful.

The short answer is that the MA500's will easily and thoroughly kick the MM9000's fanny under high powered listening conditions. Why? Simple. Look at the mm9000's specifications: 400 watts input power. That tells you the size of the power supply. Now... you have five channels of audio, each...