I don’t have any CD player for past 5 years. Only playing with high-res. I already gotten the same quality of high-res with CD. Don’t need CD player anymore

I see. Thanks for your input.

You are welcome. Happy to share if you need more advice

Anyone know where is Marantz service center? My friend told me his amp got some issue... His amp already over warranty. Opening on Saturday?

Warranty over still want to go back Service Center? Dynamic Acoustics Subang USJ, not open on Saturday
http://dynamic-acoustics.com/store-locator/#support

Well.. If for service car, after 5 years warranty, I immediate go for 3rd party one...

While for service center not sure? Any advantage using outside one? Cheaper?

update to my own post, i decided i couldn't go for a marantz player in this current economic situation although the CD5005 is very tempting and affordable to others

https://www.hiwaylaser.com/product/marantz-...5005-cd-player/

apparently it's a CD6005 minus USB function

in the end i found a used panasonic dvd-s47 for RM60 which i will use as my "cd player" in the mean time

good thing it doesn't sound worse than my pioneer bdp-180 playing cd or the ess dac in yamaha r-n803

i'll probably make a post about this dvd player as a separate topic to share with the community

i will continue to dream about owning a marantz product, although i've owned a budget model cd46 back in the 90s

Marantz products are relatively affordable to mainstream. No need to dream.. Just go for it.

Anyway, I suggest go for at least 6xxx series as from my past experiences, 5xxx quality is not there and should be avoided.. The 6 series performance really outperform many other brands that is more expensive. Very high value for $$$.

I am with Chanhin to suggest go from 600x, at least from 6004. Between CD500x and 600x is not just connectivity but also the overall analogue circuitry and power supply which deffirential them sonically. Even though both series used same CS4398 but that is just part of the story.

I am looking Marantz NR1200 Stereo amp. Any know where i can get it in Malaysia. I know Singapore is selling it. However, would be happy to have any sifus input on amp that meet my requirement with a more than decent sonic performance. My criteria:
1) Stereo amp ( not enough space)
2) TV and music mostly via Tidal or Spotify. On occasion via CD, thus i prefer an amp with network receiver
3) HDMI input with ARC
4) Budget around RM3k

NR1200 is selling around RM2500 after conversion if i get it from Singapore.

Looks nice, stereo receiver with HDMI inputs. I have seen some Onkyo units like this online but didn't realize Marantz also makes something similar. But I haven't seen any being sold in Malaysia.
Something similar to this but with more channels and amps will be their slimline AV receivers like NR1510 which should be very similar to this NR1200 but maybe there are certain compromises somewhere.

Been listening to the SA8005 for more than a month now. I am still stereo old school hardcopy CD and some SACD guys . To me it is really a good sounding player and as a Dac. Detail yet musical. The tonality, voice and instrumental timbre is spot on. Great bass with excellent mid to upper mid which able to unfold plenty of musical detail from an album. Listen to OST like lord of the ring, brave heart, gladiator, titanic is simply enveloping. Klemperer and Karajan Wagner orchestra music on EMI GRC50 remastered sound majestic thru it. karajan La Boheme vocal voices are all full and dramatic. Stereophile CD Intermezzo: Works for Piano by Brahms never sound so good as now. I was wondering if I could detect any justifiable significant change from CD6004. Yes, I do. It is a keeper.

grats on happy purchase/ upgrades
myself i use cd too

In 1992 I bought a Marantz CD player (cost about RM1300), but I don't feel any special (sound quality) compared to other brand like Technics, Pioneer.

I opened it's casing to have a look of the inside, I saw it's output stage is just a NE5532 (audio operational amplifier IC).

The NE5532 cost about RM4 in 1992, today RM2 only in shopee.

Can you imagine, the sound you listened, come from electric signal that has been amplified by that NE5532, and this NE5532 cost only RM4.

IC is always cheap. The actual cost can as low as cents. Anyway, op amp is still widely used in low to high end player today. The sound quality can vary from none to significant all depend on what the designer or company want to achieve. Sound tweaking is black art too which is also highly subjective. Marantz had used their HDAM module to replace IC opamp since 1992 for their higher range series. Lower model still used op amp. HDAM is one of the key module that keep Marantz house sound where some like it and enjoying it. Today, their HDAM-SA2 module seem significantly improved the overall sound quality than the HDAM.

hdam not for headphone only ?

Initially HDAM was just for CDP output stage. Now used often as an upgrade in their newer or upgraded models with headphone out.

ahh. good infor

New Marantz CD6007 is out now to replace the CD6006.
The USB is supporting DSD file now.
DAC chip is changed from CS4398 to AKM4490 with two selectable filters.
The most significant changes I can see from the picture is the DAC chip now is located in the audio board at the right side in the picture (Instead of data board - the center board) and beefier HDAM-SA2 module compared to CD6006.
Hopefully this latest one will improve in timbre tonality and upper mid high region.



This post has been edited by keithwwk: Oct 2 2020, 11:06 AM

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