I have used 5 series for a while with pre-out. It is as good as my friend 7 series in term of reliability, sound quality and ease of use. But all these got pretty warm after some time. It definitely needs good ventilation.

No chance to test CD6006 yet... For CD6005, it is certainly not heavy bass.

Btw, guys, anyone know how to configure the SR5010 to show its sound source such as DTS, DTS-HD MA, Dobly HD etc?

i thinks is identical,just press status at front penal its will show format,sample rate,processing etc

I am not sure about SR6xxx and SR7xxx. I personally not happy with my SR5010. Sound quality is degradation from SR5005. Those having the older amp should keep it... 

While with stereo amp, 5 series also under perform and being unacceptable even to my basic requirement. It always sound wrong with almost every titles. IMO, only 6 and 8 series are acceptable to audiophile standard.

If I assume SR is similar to PM series, then again 6 and 7 series should be way better than 5.

Btw, for CD players, both 6 and 8 series are acceptable quality. But avoid the headphone output, they are as good as hopeless when I use my Senheiser HD650.

It's a no brainer, get the 6010.
Hardware differences aside, all of which doesn't actually matter that much and isn't the main reason to pay more.
The biggest reason to get the 6010 over the 5011 is because of Audyssey XT32 being available on the 6010. XT32 is significantly better than the plain-jane original Audyssey XT.

Congratulation on the new purchase. For your study room?

Recently my sr5008 hdmi output spoil ady. I called wo kee hong(main distributor Malaysia), they told me this avr stop production and no spare part already. May I know how many year marantz give the warranty? Do they have the right to deny my warranty claim even it is stop production already?

Noted with thx. I jst called the office. They told me no guarantee have the spare parts, need to sent the avr to let them check 1st. If after checking, they told me no spare part, my rm100 ma burn jor? T_T

Errrr.....may i know sr5008 is within or after 5 years? cant find the info in google >.<

I wondered if I have a HD CD ripped wma files, how can I convert the tiles to be played with Marantz AVR, say SR6011. As the AVR doesn't support WMA, each track file size around 30mb, 800+kbps

guys what will be your recommendation for receiver below 1k ?

so whats the entry level price like ?

ouu where you usually source for second hand amp ? how about a decent tall boy speakers ... what would be your recommendation ? (looking for something with good mids )