natronforever
03-11-2004, 01:02 PM
Hey everybody. I'm in serious "ready-to-buy" research mode for A/V receivers. I have narrowed my search down to the Marantz sr6300 and the H/K 325. Both seem like nice receivers. I good friend has the Marantz sr5300 and it sounds great. The problem with the Marantz, and my purpose for writing, is that it doesn't have bass management. You merely select large, small, or none for speakers. I understand the the crossover is set at 100 hz. The H/K 325 has a pretty extensive bass management feature. My main speakers, the polk audio rti-38 is for all practical purposes a full-range speaker which achieves somewhere near the 45 hz range. Nonetheless, I don't want to make them try to play beneath their range. However, I feel that a 100 hz crossover is a little high for my mains.
I plan on using my receiver for 70% music and 30% movies. I personally enjoy the musicality of the marantz, but doubt it's night-and-day different from the H/K. Any recommendations as to which receiver would be better for me? Am I misunderstanding anything about bass management? Is bass management all that important for me? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I plan on using my receiver for 70% music and 30% movies. I personally enjoy the musicality of the marantz, but doubt it's night-and-day different from the H/K. Any recommendations as to which receiver would be better for me? Am I misunderstanding anything about bass management? Is bass management all that important for me? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.