From the previous posts folks are evenly split between Yamaha and Marantz. I have been a loyal customer of accessories4less.com for years and can not recommend them any more strongly than other posters.
That being said I have been a happy Marantz man for many years.
In regards for a testimonial for accessories4less.com they offer great prices and selection and they back it up with excellent service as well as very reasonable shipping fees, actually some of the lowest out there.
A couple years ago I upgraded my AV receiver, to a Marantz SR 6012, and soon after I hooked it up one of the analog inputs failed. The warranty kicked in and since they sold out of the 6012, they replaced it with a SR7012 and I have loved it since. I play SACDs, HDCDs, DVD-A, Blu-Ray, DVDs, and of coarse redbook CDs. I watch free TV from my roof top antenna and now I stream a Roku Ultra through my Oppo 105 to this unit and the Marantz handles it all with grace and presents a full sonic landscape that will please the most demanding listeners, as well as having the proverbial balls to rock the house if need be.
The 7012 has been a real work horse for me with no issues at all and the audio and video performance is exceptional. I only have a 1080P TV and will not be going down the Atmos road, but may upgrade to 4K TV a few years down the road.
The $10,000 question to ask is how much television and movies do you watch compared to listening to music through your rig? If you do both, like me, it then comes down to your CD/Blu-Ray/ Universal player(s) that will really elevate and make you appreciate the Marantz or Yamaha even more.
As I mentioned I am an Oppo convert. I have had universal players for years, first a Pioneer then a couple Marantz then I made the jump to Oppo. The BPD-95 was my first unit. I am a big Dead head and all of their releases of live concerts are mastered in HDCD so that was required for any player that I would own. Years back I even owned an excellent Harmon Kardon AV that had the HDCD chip in it.
As a side bar I have been rediscovering analog stereo, thanks to my recently acquired Oppo 105, the folks at Ohm in Brooklyn, as well as me dusting off an old Nikko NA-890 integrated amplifier, which I bought back in high school from Tech Hifi in 1980.
I started reading about the Yamaha CD-2100 CD/SACD player and became intrigued...then obsessed. Well I pulled the trigger this week and it arrived yesterday from, you guessed it, accessories4less.com at the best price on the internet, and OMG! Wow! I was completely blown away! I listened to a wide variety of music for over two hours last night and was stunned how good this player sounds. So far it blows the Oppo 105 out of the water for analog stereo, and this is with the RCA connectors, not the XLR and hooked up to my Nikko. I will do side a side by side comparison against the Oppo BDO-95 and maybe post in another thread about that.
In closing whatever you choose a great AV is your hub and you want room to grow, and the newer higher end Yamaha and Marnatz AVs offer all the stuff, and tech you will need to be more than satisfied for years to come.
Good luck on your AV adventure!
That being said I have been a happy Marantz man for many years.
In regards for a testimonial for accessories4less.com they offer great prices and selection and they back it up with excellent service as well as very reasonable shipping fees, actually some of the lowest out there.
A couple years ago I upgraded my AV receiver, to a Marantz SR 6012, and soon after I hooked it up one of the analog inputs failed. The warranty kicked in and since they sold out of the 6012, they replaced it with a SR7012 and I have loved it since. I play SACDs, HDCDs, DVD-A, Blu-Ray, DVDs, and of coarse redbook CDs. I watch free TV from my roof top antenna and now I stream a Roku Ultra through my Oppo 105 to this unit and the Marantz handles it all with grace and presents a full sonic landscape that will please the most demanding listeners, as well as having the proverbial balls to rock the house if need be.
The 7012 has been a real work horse for me with no issues at all and the audio and video performance is exceptional. I only have a 1080P TV and will not be going down the Atmos road, but may upgrade to 4K TV a few years down the road.
The $10,000 question to ask is how much television and movies do you watch compared to listening to music through your rig? If you do both, like me, it then comes down to your CD/Blu-Ray/ Universal player(s) that will really elevate and make you appreciate the Marantz or Yamaha even more.
As I mentioned I am an Oppo convert. I have had universal players for years, first a Pioneer then a couple Marantz then I made the jump to Oppo. The BPD-95 was my first unit. I am a big Dead head and all of their releases of live concerts are mastered in HDCD so that was required for any player that I would own. Years back I even owned an excellent Harmon Kardon AV that had the HDCD chip in it.
As a side bar I have been rediscovering analog stereo, thanks to my recently acquired Oppo 105, the folks at Ohm in Brooklyn, as well as me dusting off an old Nikko NA-890 integrated amplifier, which I bought back in high school from Tech Hifi in 1980.
I started reading about the Yamaha CD-2100 CD/SACD player and became intrigued...then obsessed. Well I pulled the trigger this week and it arrived yesterday from, you guessed it, accessories4less.com at the best price on the internet, and OMG! Wow! I was completely blown away! I listened to a wide variety of music for over two hours last night and was stunned how good this player sounds. So far it blows the Oppo 105 out of the water for analog stereo, and this is with the RCA connectors, not the XLR and hooked up to my Nikko. I will do side a side by side comparison against the Oppo BDO-95 and maybe post in another thread about that.
In closing whatever you choose a great AV is your hub and you want room to grow, and the newer higher end Yamaha and Marnatz AVs offer all the stuff, and tech you will need to be more than satisfied for years to come.
Good luck on your AV adventure!