What a sterling review! Concise, informative and to the point. I shall be checking out more of your videos.

Great video. It was very informative and helpful. I was already mildly interested in this amplifier after reading the very positive whathifi review, but now I really need to give it a try.

First time viewer. This was a GREAT review! I loved your content, description, and comparisons! Your presentation is excellent; great pace, intelligent and interesting! I can’t wait to view the rest of your video reviews!

Thanks for the great review on this and the D11s. Coincidentally, I ordered the Marantz with D11 speakers (threw in a Powercube 2000 sub for good measure) at a local big box electronic store yesterday (before watching your reviews) after cycling through various speaker/amp combinations. The listening environment wasn’t the greatest, still, this combo stood out to me of the amps and bookshelf speakers I was considering and came close enough for my ear (and budget) when compared to a McIntosh 5300 I used as a reference. Your experience provides reassurance and has me looking forward all the more to hearing the system in my home. I was quite taken by some 9x expensive bookshelf speakers through a 3x more expensive amp at a local hi-fi shop. I’m trying to find a sweet spot between cost and performance for my small living space and am hopeful the Marantz + D11 combo lets me step away from a much larger purchase ;)

Just found you and subscribed. You are an excellent communicator and very thoughtful without all the audiophile verbose cliché stuff

This Marantz powers my Cm8 S2,s incredible well., I am pleasantly suprised. In the long run this will serve as a pre, but for now I'm very happy with the pairing.

I have this amp and love it! Detailed, clear sound with hi-res streaming. Can't say enough good things about it!

I've had this amp since January and can't really fault its quality both in sound and build for the money. It is a one stop worry free option for great quality sound . As the reviewer says Heos app works fine. He forgot to add that it has Internet radio built in as well. Recommended

I have the Marantz NR1200. I use it as a preamp for 2.1 stereo within a 5.1 system which drives JBL L100t3 mains and JBL B380 sub. The sound is indeed detailed and crisp and Apple Music now sounds on par to SACD or even better. I’m inclined to think I like the Marantz over my Parasound P6.

NIce review! Love that amp, If I had to buy a new amp now would be this one or a NAD M10! I bet it would power my pair of B&W CM1 sweetly or a pair of LS50!

Thanks for sharing👍 got my yesterday

I have just purchased this amplifier today. I have always used Marantz amps, I love the clarity of them. Upgraded from a PM6007. I have Dali Oberon 5 speakers which work well with a Marantz amp I find

Thanks, this was really helpful and helped me make up my mind to purchase.

Can't go wrong with maranz. From high end to budget. Never a let down.

Another great, honest well done vid!

I have this amp in my office setup hooked up to some hard-to-drive KEF LS50s and a REL subwoofer, and agree with your assessment of it completely - for $1000 in North America this amp is a killer of hifi pretensions. My main rig at home sports $5000 monoblocks, a $2000 preamp, a $5000 streamer/dac, a $500 ethernet switch/reclocker, $2000 of cables and power conditioning driving $6000 floorstanders sitting on $500 vibration isolation pads, and while I am NOT saying the Marantz sounds as good, it sounds close enough that I don't miss my main rig while I'm at work. Think about that. For 90% of the people who want something cheapish, great sounding AND convenient, this amp is a no-brainer. For example, it is less than half the $ of the NAD and NAIM all-in-ones! Traditional hifi will soon be on life-support if this amp is a sign of things to come imho, so I am also 100% agreeing with your choice of title for this review!

Great review , im in the market for something myself, Ive looked at the Naim Atom , id love the chord hugo TT 2 , *one can only dream*, but this has come out fo no were , very intriguing. At the moment i have an imac with an audio-quest Cobalt , that my sound-sticks are plugged into , the difference the dragon fly cobalt made was astonishing, especially when i signed up for the free Tidal subscription that came with it . i kept playing Spotify songs then the same song on Tidal at the higher bit rate, there was no going back.

Thanks for the review. Gonna buy this amp combined with some nice Fyne speakers. But I do have a question. Can I see HEOS as a hub for all streaming services and settings perhaps? Whats the benefit of using HEOS instead of the Tidal app itself directly? Keep up the good stuff!! Greetings form the Netherlands.

I'm curious about Audio Out L/R..... is it similar to tape out as in the earlier designed amps ? Can I use these outputs to connect to my Tascam to dub from LP to CD ?

Great review, have just ordered one.

Hey, thanks for the advice. I am about to change Marantz 6006 UK for the 700n. I’m currently using Wharfedale diamond 9. Do you think that this new amp would match up to Wharfedale evolution. 4.2? Thanks Phil.

Please tell, Marantz PM7000n and wharfedale linton heritage speakers combination how it will be.

I'm part of the smooth brigade, I currently have Yamaha amp,mission speakers.Could you suggest speakers that match the marantz so I can upgrade but keep the warm,full sound?

Just as a take away from my other comments, if you are looking to match brands (amps, speakers), Marantz, Arcam and Monitor Audio really blends well, so worth a listen to, if you're on tne lookout:) You do need some good neutral sounding cables ( isoacoustics works really well ) as it can get a bit warm sounding. And added gaia feet myself which adds LOTS. But that's quite the investment to be honest.

Is there any way to know the volume of the amp? Doesn’t seem to be displayed on the knob or screen. Just curious because I like knowing that my amp isn’t at full blast when i turn it on.

Is it possible to stream KZfaq Music through this Marantz HEOS app?

Its the a workaround to play qobus ?

Really good review! I like your style of presentation, not being hasty or otherwise overly swooshy. :) It´s a word, right? Regarding the theoretical limit of toslink: The connection is known in the pro audio world as ADAT and its normal mode is 8 channels at a maximum of 24 bit 48 kHz. Bump the SR to 96 kHz and the channel count goes down to 4. In hifi you really only need the 2 channels per cable, so 192 kHz is the normal top SR for stereo operation. If before you have encountered units with a limitation to 96 kHz, it has probably been because of converters chosen.

really good review, thank you

If its rated 60w/ohms 80w/4ohms and my speakers are 6ohms, does that mean it'll work out roughly 70w per channel?

You need to keep 'chipping away' at KZfaq: you definitely deserve more subs! I think owning Marantz gear is a rite of passage for us audiophiles.. Great sound to be had at sensible prices.. Will you be reviewing the D11 and Neat speakers in the future? I used to own the D7s but I found the midrange to be a bit too recessed for my tastes so I moved them on.. However, the D11s are different beasts.. The Neat speakers look intriguing, too. Thanks for posting.

What is the music at 2:48?

Thanks for a good review. Here comes something for you guys who is using Qobuz Streaming and like this Amp PM7000N but as HEOS App don't support Qobuz (which is a real bummer) you look for something else in spite loving the Marantz sound signature. I really do like the sound from this amplifier but not being able to use Qobuz is for me a showstopper. What happend I realized it is a UPnP streamer and it didn't say anything to me at first but after watching a John Darko YT video on subject of using BubbleUPnP app in your mobile to a UPnP streamer. So I loaded up the BubbleUPnP app to my phone and my Qobuz credentials. Then loading up the song to play and then by clicking on the casting symbols to choose a remote renderer and found the amplifier (which I believe was in operation the first time). Then amplifier founds the music and shows the song in the display and just plays the music. With the Heos app you control the volume and you are good to go to listen to your streming music now also from Qobuz. Yes it streams the high res 24 bit files from Qobuz via BubbleUPnP app. The only downside or querk is when you want to stop playing music you must use the BubbleUPnP app and not the HEOS app. What it does in the HEOS app it stops the music and seconds later start the next song. The cool thing is though, the amplifier from stand-by mode after choosing the song in the BubbleUPnP app fires up the amplifier and start playing in a few seconds. Remote control bye bye :-)

Excelent video, i'm looking for a good sound amp to improve my rotel 991 amp. Was seeing audiolab 6000a play that in my country is more expensive than this Integrated. I know that money is not indicative of quality. What do you think about my options??? I have a pair of Dali tower speakers, the Oberon 7 that i really like. Thanks a lot and greetings from Argentina! Love to share knoledge with audiophile people. Thanks!!!!!!

Very nice review

Apples to oranges I just bought my first Marantz the SR7013 AVR pushing Sandy Gross Definitive Technology BP7001 tower fronts w/ CLR 2002 center and ummm yeah 🎶 🔊 it also has the HEOS app which is nice along with app remote. Bottom line Marantz has a beautiful music signature

The recording outputs is what caught my attention regarding this amp. Not a lot of amps have this option anymore. It's a shame you didn't address them.

Great review, I'm so glad I ran across this and your channel. This is the first really in-depth review of the 7000N that I've found; I'd been considering buying one when they're available again sometime in July (hopefully) but was hesitant as there aren't really any reviews of them around yet. Any idea how it would pair with Klipsch floorstanding speakers like the RP-4000F ? thanks -

Excellent presentation and very helpful - I recently sold my Marantz PM6006 and and I am on the market for a sensible upgrade - was tempted with the 7000N but I am equally tempted with the Denon PMA2500 - which has DAC and good phono -- I am more vinyl and CD.. but there is the guts of £1000 between the Marantz and the Denon -- head scratching - greetings from Ireland

Hi there! Could you help me please with my choice? I have got a Dali Rubicon 2 speakers!Which amp will be more suited for the Dalis? This Marantz pm 7000n or the Cyrus One HD or maybe a Cambridge Audio CXA 81? Thanks a lot

A couple of questions if possible? Will it sound similar tonally to the Marantz pm6006 amplifier? Also how good is the phono input? I have Dali Oberon 1 speakers will they sound good with this? Thanks

Thanks for the great review. How do you think they would match with something like the Klipsch RP-600M bookshelf speakers?

Playing this video on my Marantz av8003:-) got it hooked to 2 Monitor Audio gx200 speakers and an Arcam pa240 power amp. And a bluenode 2i for now. And boy it sounds good :-) Currently looking for wth i would need to buy if it broke down, very tricky. Anyone has any idea how to compare the dac (cirrus) with recent equipment? I NEVER get a straight answer from stores..... ever.

🤣🤣🤣 you tourn on my marantz when you’re saying: hey google tourn on marantz, nice review 🍷

Tried Saturday, I will buy it today. I feel this may be a great gateway for someone who like to listen to music but scared about the costs, the space and the complexity that audiophile gear requires. While it may be a "little annoying" for the purists I guess this may be a great opportunity for an industry which is going to face hard times ahead against the tech giants. That's my 2 cents. Thank you for the review!

Now I have this one with my Klipsch RP-8000f, sound is incredible guys!

Sorry I am little late to your review. How would this pair with the Klipsch RP-500m speakers. Did you use the phono stage? Thanks again!

Thanks for the detailed and informative review. I am planning to put this with Wharfedale Linton 3 way bookshelfspeakers. Will it be a good match in your view ? Thanks

Nice review!!! I am trying to decide between this Marantz and the Cyrus One Cast. Wich would be your pick? Thanks in advance.

Do you feel that this unit has enough power for most applications and is sufficiently powerful to drive moderately sensitive speakers 85-90db speakers?

Great review man, i susbcribe, can you tell me between these marantz and NAD d3020 v2 which is better en terms of sound quality? Thanks

Great review, I watched it three times already! I'm expecting to receive this Marantz in the next days and I will use it primarily as a stereo amp for my CD player and turntable and of course as a streamer. But I would like to connect it with my newly bought TCL TV as well. And here's a question. The amp's manual clearly states that connecting it with a source playing Dolby Atmos or DTS is not recommneded as it can cause distortion. Therefore I assume that using the optical input for the TV/Amp connection is to be avoided. Is that correct? Better just plug in RCA for audio from the TV set?

Very interesting, I am thinking of buying this or Audiolab 6000a play. Which one do you consider better?

Please let me know the guitar track playing from 2:45 it is not Recuerdos de la Alhambra as shown on the PM7000 display, but it is such a good track :-)

Hi, ideal speakers for marantz pm7000n? I've old tannoy rev r2 and i'm looking for the passing speakers to marantz 7000n.

What would you choose this marantz or the cyrus cast? Both available for around £650 UK at the moment and I can't decide.

What's the piano tune in the intro ? Thanks !!

Great review. What are your thoughts on pairing it with some b&w 705 s2’s? I’m slightly unsure the 60w per channel will be meaty enough to drive the 705’s well?

First of all, excellent in depth review. I see the PM7000N is sometimes sold with Dali Oberon 5 f/s speakers or Monitor Audio Silver f/s speakers. My question is are these speakers well matched or would you recommend (bearing in mind my a budget of £1k for speakers) another brand. Can't afford the PMCs but what else would you recommend on a £1k speaker budget? Preferably floor standing, and would 4ohm be better?

How does the PM7000N stack up against the PM6007 which came out at same time?

great review! how would they pair with the KEF Q350 speakers?

Thanks for this great video. I am considering it. I just got a set of Tannoy Precision 6.2 and wonder if it fits well with it. One more thing, if you would have a duo spotify account, you have any idea how to manage that with heos? My wife enjoys different music than I so we think about getting a duo account. Otherwize, tidal might be interesting but they don't have the duo option.

Thanks for this vid - How would you rate it against the brand new Bluesound Powernode?

Love the reviews , re found my love of music whilst clearing out the loft and found my old retro Technics stuff, but now I want more !.........Still cant decide between this and the Cyrus one cast ? Have also thought about using the Marantz PM7000N with the Cyrus CDi.........anyone tried this ? or should I stick with the Marantz cd6007 ?

Hi Simon! Great job thank you! I actually have a Yamaha as 801 paired with focal Chora 826. I’m planning to upgrade and my options are a Hegel h120 or this marantz. The difference in price is significant, would it worth to go for the Hegel?? Thanks in advance!

marantz pm7000n or cambridge cxa81 for a pair of Dynaudio Special 40s pls? im trying to pick an amp that has a sub out for netflix as well. thank you

Hi guys what will you choose Marantz PM7000N or Cyrus One Cast? Regards

Please tell, Marantz PM7000n can drive klipsch RP-8000f

Many thanks for the review. Was very helpful. A request - possible to do a comparison between the Marantz PM700N and the Denon DRA800h / Marant NR1200. The 7000N is a netowrk amplifier, and the Denon is a stereo receiver. Functionality is very similar. However, to my ears the 7000N sounds significantly better. But would be keen to hear from an audiophile reviewer.

Would edifier 1280db sound ok with the PM7000n ? Or should I get new speakers aswell ?

Thank you for your very open review relating to this product from Marantz which I am going to purchase over the next few days and hope it will sound good with my Kef LS50 speakers. I will be ditching my Arcam AVR600/BDP300 Blue ray player and which have severed me so well over so many years but now is the time (for me) to embrace internet radio and my Flac files (stored on my SSD drive which I hope will work with the USB input on the rear) If it all works out then my next upgrade would be a sensible turntable. Once again, love your presentation and the depth you go into while reviewing your products. Regards, John

Thanks for the wonderful review. Can Wharfedale diamond 12.2 be paired with the Marantz PM7000N?

The Marantz Nr1200 seems almost identical for $700 less. Is the price difference due to a better power supply in the 7000N? Although they're rated similar power with the cheaper Nr1200 actually listed with 15 more WPC into 8 Ohms

thanks.

very useful video - thank you

does marantz pm7000n 60 watts rms has enough power to drive large floorstanders, must be better sounding amplifier than yamaha as801 100 watts rms

Front aluminium(corners left & right) ??

Hey there, great review. I've just bought this amp. My existing speakers are the Dali Oberon 7's. What sub would suit this set up please?

Thoughts on running this with Wharfedale Lintons?

Hi, loved the detailed review. It is now £650 so a lot cheaper. I want one but the speakers you mentioned cost thousands. Any recommendations for sub £600 speakers? Its a minefield out there!

Can the Heos app control the actual amp volume?

Hello Mister and All, Thank you very much for your great review. I owned a NAD 320BEE (+ChromeCast Audio & Spotify) and Concept 20 Q acoustic speakers and I would like to update my System. I am really hesitating between : > Marantz 8006 (More Power, but much more ?) > Marantz PM7000N (Better quality streaming from Chromecast audio ? But less power than 8006 but a lot ? sound may be better on Spotify because of internal DAC compare to 8006) > For speakers, it would be only bookshelf (no more room at home)…Focal 906, BW 606S2 or wharfedale EVO 4.2 (So far no way to test one of them) For the Amplifiers, I really need your (and all HiFiman who want to help me :P) point of view, advices and the amplifiers that you would pick up if you need to choose. Thank in advance for your help, advice and Time. Best Regards Cedric

Thank you for the excellent review! It really get me into this amp. Do you think it will drive the KEF LS50 well? I have 20-year old KEF Q5 set speakers for HT, driven by Denon 3805 receiver. I love the set except the base is somewhat weak. My much cheaper 2.1 setup for my PC sounds more punchy that this. If I upgrade to KEF LS50 with the PM7000N, will I get noticeable improvement? Wish I can find a local store that can demo them together. Cheers!

no USB input for a external hard drive?

Please help me out here. Combo marantz pm8006 + nd8006 + B&W 603 S2 Or combo marantz pm7000 + B&W 603 S2! Interm of simple and easy to use everyday! Thank you!

At 2.50 its - "Babe I am going to leave you", from Led Zeppelin 1968. ( Joan Baez)

I bought some high resolution lossless tracks...very disappointing sound.. I think I don't need a streaming device

It doesn’t even play the high res files from Tidal 👎

No Asahi Kasei AK4490 DAC chip on this model anymore, but a much cheaper DAC implementation, so its a no no go for me

All said and done, it didn't make your 2020 'best of' list. Judging from this review I'd expected it would.

Hallo can anyone tell me please. I have a question regarding the Marantz pm7000n The output of my LG g7 phone via uapp is up to 24bit X 192khz I connect my phone to the pm7000n via cable because I use Qobuz and that's not in Heos. I use an RCA to 3.5mm cable adapter from the headphone jack to connect the RCA (red and white) end to one of the Audio inputs on the back of the PM7000n. That is under AUX settings. But I just found out from the user manual that THE DAC IS ONLY USED WHEN USING THE OPTICAL/ COAXIAL CONNECTIONS AND IT CAN ONLY REACH A MAXIMUM OF 192KHZ 24BITS BUT ONLY IF THE EXTERNAL SOURCE I HAVE CONNECTED INTO THE OPTICAL/ COAXIAL PORT IS CAPABLE OF 192KHZ 24 BIT. It doesn't mention phone audio connection IAM surprised that It says that THE DAC ONLY SWITCHES ON AND IS USED if anOptical/ Coaxial port is used. Otherwise it doesn't. I only just bought the amp and this isn't mentioned on any website and wasnt said by any sales person I spoke with. So iam quiet disappointed about this after spending over £600. I made lots of research b4hand and no one told me this, neither is it written anywhere on websites. Also NON of the streaming services EXCEPT Amazon, will Output up to 24bit 192khz VIA HEOS. QUESTION IF ANYONE KNOWS PLEASE. Because of the Dac not being switched on.... is an external cable output of 24bit 192khz into one of the inputs of the Amp a simple passing trough of 24bit 192khz or is it reduced to a lower quality? This info is so hidden that I only found out after a week and then talking with a Marantz person asking questions. Are all inputs at the back of the Amp configured for 24bit 192khz ? Or are they restricted like a normal Android phone? . Many thanks Dev

I’ve had mine 2 years. Here’s a listen of the PN7000 driving large towers, large room at reference level. I find it impressive how this little unit can fill a very large room. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpOGoLim0rWbnaM.html

People have been stolen with Av receivers...now it's the turn of streamers

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