Recent content by Nick Cummings

The 5600 does look nice... having the powered seperate zone, similar to the 603. But then it is probably more fair, from a price perspective, to compare it to the THX rated onkyo 703. Now are we back to square 1 - the onkyo's 100 watts/channel probably being similar to the 5600's 90 watts per...

So your take on it is that there will be a noticeable performance difference, in favor of the marantz, even though it's rated power is 10 W lower? Interesting... What exactly does the auto speaker setup do? Is the microphone in the remote or in the reciever? If its in the reciever, does it...

that's funny - that's exactly the site i had been looking at... Is there a downside to going with a refurbished model - saving the money seems like its worthwhile...?

My old Onkyo 575 is on the fritz - intermittantly not recognizing dolby digital signals and also shutting down due to overheating fairly frequently (used the same setup for years with no over heating, now the reciever shuts off everytime there's an explosion or other loud full range noise)...