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.
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Hi guys!
Can OP add me in the owner list?
I am using PM66SE KI, CD17mk3 and CD6000KI.
Cheers!

Yeah..being using them for many many musical sweet years. I am old school enjoying disc changing and booklet browsing

Hi all, Happy new year and happy listening.

One more marantz added into my rig. Marantz CD6004.

Cheers!

My last purchase of CD player was in year 2003, a brand new CD17mkIII. I then traded an Electrocomponient EC4.5 pre amp with an CD6000KI. No regret. 17 years had passed now, I bought the CD6004 to answer my curiosity on how modern Dac CS4398 and HDAM-SA2 can do in Marantz mid level CD player. A junior in my hifi system but it is actually an almost 10 years old product by Marantz.

The CD6004 do sound quite different from my other two senior Marantzs. I need to undergo ear running-in before I can conclude differences among three of them (2000 vs 2003 vs 2011). I am glad after ran in (my ear, about a week), now I start to enjoying it. It is dynamic, steady and confident. A little dark, quiet and dense. Solid with good body. Good depth and width too. It play complex music with ease without throwing everything out, eg, soundtrack of Lord of the Ring, Tittanic. The swing is good. Sudden puase between note do with confident without hesitation, eg JB project, Woods albums. The other two players however excel in more relax, harmonious and growing decay with more air around. I thought the CD6004 might sound too dark but turn out it able to attract good amount of air around voices and instrument from albums, eg, Rikie Lee Jones Pop pop, Diana Krall Turn up the Quiet. The vocal got very good presence up there, meaty, thick and sweet with nice detail like throat noise. The high is just nice to my liking detail extended when called for without brightness and sharpness. Vocal without artificial sibilance. A nice player for classical music too because it play loud with excellent dynamic, grip and control. Overall, I am happy

correct. it was no stereo separation at all.
everything come from front direction only, its either inside or outside (foreground /background like that).
i sit near field summore.

after i did above adjustments on marantz, i obtain a bit of "surrround feel" from two channels. hahaha so impressed.

so far its zero toe angle, i will play with toe in soon!

becos i didnt move away existing tv table with speaker & etc. so i put this newer system sideway (whole set beside them).

So which one is better, cmy or style laser?

Can Op update my player from CD6004 to SA8005? I had just changed. Thks.....

The eversolo is too much of digital glare