Problems with Marantz AV 8003 & new AV 7005

There are no "problems," per se. There are defined limitations of the design. The first is that it uses MultEQ, not MultEQ XT. The second is that the DSP engine of the AV8003 cannot do Audyssey processing and decoding of HD codecs at the same time. The solution to this is to decode them in the player and send PCM to the Marantz. Sound quality, per se, is unaffected and, according to many, is excellent. Your move.

Kal

Kal,

Thanks for the info! I know you cannot possibly review everything that comes out, but this pre/pro has made a pretty big spash, especially for it's sound quality, so I was surprised that you have not reviewed it. Any news regarding the 7005 - will it be worth waiting for?

Dave

I have no advance news of the 7005 other than what has been disseminated on the Internet.

Kal