Hahaha... ok ok.... Nowadays Y gen also trying to take pictures with 'film'. I guess it is the same thing with CD players....

Next weekend go to KLIAV see if any offer la...

Depends on the brand and mostly the distributor marketing strategy.

It mean no idea la... Next week let's go and meet up.

It is beautiful~

Interesting product. Marantz should have come out with such product earlier.

6012 is more value for $$$. But when you buying 7012 and above... those level usually do not talk about value for $$$.. and more on what sound you fancy...

Well.. this need lots of experiences to share.. Here is some from my personal experiences.

For movies, example with AVR type of sounds, There are 3 important things..

(1) Speakers that capable to produce big and heavy sound (English: bigger speakers + low freq). In this case, floorstander (front speakers) also always win hands down. Try best to buy biggest center speakers as well. Real and surround speakers IMO, not important.
(2) The digital processing effect. In this case, Marantz is actually not the best. Pioneer LX series with its exaggerated effect (higher level of distortion) is great for most action pack movies, but not high quality music video, which is Marantz domain.
(3) If you have entry level to basic mainstream level speakers, Pioneer LX is better for movies (except high quality music video). But if you lucky enough to have better speakers such as high end series, go for 7012 or Marantz pre/power separate. Even movies are good (high quality type), with different effects from the Pioneer LX (ajimonoto type).

* Focal Electra series and above is consider high end sound.

For movies + stereo music;

(1) Suggest you to always get another stereo amp that can do AV bypass. Stereo amp is all about lowest possible distortion (no short cut, only pure high quality design and components), where any tiny digital effects will be killing it. All AVR amp fail on stereo music, where Pioneer LX fail very badly. Marantz PM800x series stereo amp are not bad, able to drive big speaker also.

Hope it help...

This post has been edited by chanhin: Dec 23 2017, 10:49 PM

IMO SR5012 not really a good amp.

Anyway, since buying AV amp, I assume is for movies. Rules for movies is rather simple.. you need good low freq response => need bigger speakers. Example: floor stand speakers + bigger center speakers will help a lot on the movies sound.

Got me? I did not see it ya...

Movies is always about bigger, heavier sound to show off the special effects... It is different from music that focus on low distortion and originality. And of course, Sub-Woofer help a lot.. Invest on the good one... RM3k or more.

All big speakers are great for movies.. Example: KEF Q900, Q950, Q600C, Monitor Audio BX6, RX8 etc...

While for music, it is better to choose one step smaller speakers for more balanced sound... like RX6 etc...

Good choice. I have one and loving it. Might buy another one.

This post has been edited by chanhin: Apr 3 2018, 09:14 PM

Your new toy? Wow...

Wow.. must be expensive...

I have the same AVR. Can I know what did you do that causing it? I hope to avoid it...

Oh... Shit. Thanks for sharing. I think unplug the LAN cable easier...
If not mistaken, I think it auto updated once last month... As it was behaving weirdly just one for one... and I need to press something (forgot as trial and error) and recover... It should be update success on my case.

This post has been edited by chanhin: Sep 4 2019, 10:48 AM

Certainly audible when using BD player to play CD... BD using 48k based clock while our CD is using 44k.

Added owner list on first page~

All the same negative results because the clock already screw up within the player for down sampling.

IMO, there is only one solution if want to listen to Music CD content, the player must have 44.1khz clock, no matter we are using the built in DAC or external DAC.

This is a global standard issue. It seems a mistake to come up 48khz version when there was already 44.1khz version.

Some time I felt the ESS are 'over' realistic if you know what I meant.. And if paired with bright system, long hours listen is kind of suffering due to too much ajinomoto.

Updated on main page~ Congratulation~

Highlly unlikely that there will be KLIAV 2020.

I think Singaporean more interested to buy toilet papers...

I have good experiences on Marantz reliability so far.. However, t times, I am thinking of to let go my SR to Stereo amp because most of the time are watching TV series or youtube, which only stereo sound. And AV Amp consume lots of power and generate heats as compare to simple stereo amp. Imagine playing it for long hours... Not to mention only stereo amp can play acceptable stereo music for now.

This post has been edited by chanhin: May 7 2020, 07:08 PM