steviet

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High End Intergraded comparisons, Marantz, McIntosh, Levinson, Luxman....
@rbstehno Hehehe, the first Mac fan... Yeah, Ive listened to McIntosh for years. The MC amps in particular.   Better? There's no better, just different. Better is subjective.  The PM-10 produces a rated 400w into 4 ohms and over 550w continuous in... 
High End Intergraded comparisons, Marantz, McIntosh, Levinson, Luxman....
Good question @szore and does the Marantz sound more like a McIntosh than the others?  The Luxman's and others aren't powerful enough. I lived in a 2 - 16 wpc class-a SETs for almost 20 years! Been there. Moving onto something different.  And so... 
High End Intergraded comparisons, Marantz, McIntosh, Levinson, Luxman....
Thanks. Yeah Marantz put allot of attention to the phono stage, on the PM-10 its outstanding, MC-H works beautifully with an AT OC9xls. Im trying different DACs too. A Denafrips, Holo Audio, Wyred 4 Sound. They all sound so damn different! The PM... 
High End Intergraded comparisons, Marantz, McIntosh, Levinson, Luxman....
Yeah, it's killing me slowly. LOL I blame Siri usually ;-) The MA7900 is very heavy. Expensive to ship. Although Im not far from Binghamton NY and McIntosh home. Also AudioClassics.  My buddy has the McIntosh MC402 that is rather good but is a m... 
High End Intergraded comparisons, Marantz, McIntosh, Levinson, Luxman....
can a moderator please remove the r in integrated in the title. I cant for some reason.   
New Marantz Reference, PM-10 Integrated, overpriced?
This sounds rather ridiculous. I haven’t seen a PM-10s1 sell for less than $5000 and on average i see them for $6500 used and $8000 new from the MSRP of $9000.   Is it worth it? Yes, Very much so. I choose the PM-10 over the Luxman and McIntos... 
Preamp for Marantz PM 10
The preamp in the PM-10 is rather fantastic.  Its based on the SC-7S2 and was improved.    The PM-10 is basically this trio with Improvements!  https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/242-marantz-reference-series-sc-7s2-pream... 
Marantz PM 10 to Subwoofer
I was told by REL and Marantz to connect the black to your amps ground/  Red to right positive, Yellow to left positive and Black to the amps chassis ground.    Im doing it that way on a PM-10 and did so on the PM-KI Ruby.