Al Roeth
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- Oct 3, 2002
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I have an older Marantz SR8200 AVR, which although rated at 120Wx6, I think with all channels driven probably isn't quite capable of delivering that kind of headroom. At least that's how it sounds to me. Also, to power both rear channels(speakers) for 7.1 material, I need to pick up an outboard stereo amplifier or something like two MA500 separates. If I put a pair of MA500s on the rear, I'm thinking I might actually benefit from putting some MA500s on the fronts/center and side surrounds as well to balance it out. Since they are mono separates, they can obviously drive all channels to their rated capacity and have plenty of headroom versus the integrated amps in the SR8200.
But as I started to add up the cost of five to seven MA500s, used at about $100-150, and the present value of my SR8200(~$300) ... I could probably just by a refurb SR8002 for a few hundred more if I sold the SR8200 and put the money toward the SR8002 instead.
So here is my question though: The SR8002 does have some nice new features, but I probably wouldn't benefit from most of them for a while as DVD and other media catch up. So from a feature standpoint my SR8200 is probably good enough for a while. But I am curious which amplifiers would actually perform & sound better and have better dynamics, a brace of separate MA500 amps or the seemingly also highly regarded integrated 7 amplifiers in the SR8002?
I wonder if the power supply in the SR8002 has enough heft to really power all 7 channels well, as well as the unit itself.
Has anyone had a chance to compare a scenario like this?
Thanks,
Al
But as I started to add up the cost of five to seven MA500s, used at about $100-150, and the present value of my SR8200(~$300) ... I could probably just by a refurb SR8002 for a few hundred more if I sold the SR8200 and put the money toward the SR8002 instead.
So here is my question though: The SR8002 does have some nice new features, but I probably wouldn't benefit from most of them for a while as DVD and other media catch up. So from a feature standpoint my SR8200 is probably good enough for a while. But I am curious which amplifiers would actually perform & sound better and have better dynamics, a brace of separate MA500 amps or the seemingly also highly regarded integrated 7 amplifiers in the SR8002?
I wonder if the power supply in the SR8002 has enough heft to really power all 7 channels well, as well as the unit itself.
Has anyone had a chance to compare a scenario like this?
Thanks,
Al