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Hi Fi or Not?

I don't recall seeing any Yamaha (or Marantz) gear on this forum, but they both have some pretty expensive gear that I would expect to sound excellent.  Does Yamaha (or Marantz) show up to the audio shows?  Who is their target audience since it seems like most audiophiles lean towards more boutique brands?  Here's some of the current top end gear:

Yamaha

C-5000 Preamplifier ($10,000)

M-5000 Power Amplifier ($10,000)

CD-S3000 SACD/DAC($6,000)

GT-5000 Turntable ($8,000)


Marantz

PM-10 Integrated Amplifier ($8,000)

SA-10 SACD/DAC ($7,000)

TT-15S1 Turntable ($1,500)


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stereo5
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I had a full Yamaha system in the early 80’s with Infinity tower speakers. It was very unmusical and hard sounding.  However, a good friend of mine loved it and I sold it to him at 1/2 of what I paid. He still uses it to this day and it still sounds very unmusical to me. 
Marantz in the 70’s was bought by Superscope and was decent, but I always thought the Kenwood that we sold was much better. 
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stereo5
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@jjss49,

I had the exact same system. I got it through the Kenwood rep (he used to sell me 420) at half off retail. I also had the tuner too. I was using Rectilinear 7 speakers.


@deadhead1000,

You are right. Everyone thought Marantz was richer looking but they always sounded muffled to me. 
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