Quote Originally Posted by giofer69
Hi everyone,

Listen to a few more:

It's been awhile since I've heard Marantz but was very impressed.

My first receiver was a Marantz back in 1985.

Anyway,
Listen to SA8004 and scary enough the SR4023. My wife still likes radio, which I don't but she listens to the music as well. I was quite impressed. I thought the SR4025 was better than the PM8004. SR is 80wpc while the PM was 70wpc. Would the SR feed the PSB nicely even though it is a receiver.

By the way, I find the Marantz much smoother than the NAD, Rotel and Cambridge. Or am I out to lunch.

Thoughts?

Thank again
I agree. At a show that poppachubby and I attended this past year, we agreed the Marantz room was one of the best. They do sound smooth to me, too. We have very little audio gear around my town, so I haven't heard some of the brands mentioned here, but what I've heard of modern Marantz gear seems more pleasant and engaging to listen to that what little I've heard from NAD, Rotel and Cambridge. One anecdotal example for me...a Craigslist seller's system with a Rotel preamp put me off of a pair of Focal speakers that I later found I actually liked in a different system.