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Marantz AV7702mkII Processor Review

May 13, 2016 by Chris Heinonen 4 Comments

It’s hard to find the point of diminishing returns correctly. If you aim for too low of a price point on a product, you might leave off a feature that is too important to be without. Of course if you can’t decide when to stop adding features, the price escalates out of control. Knowing what […]

Yamaha CX-A5100 Processor Review

November 30, 2015 by Chris Heinonen 4 Comments

After a period of massive changes, it looks like things will slow down a bit on the AV receiver and preamp front. In the past two years we’ve seen Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, HDMI 2.0a with HDR and Wide Color Gamut become available. These new standards, along with a push to better implement wireless audio streaming, […]

Marantz AV7701 Review

June 26, 2013 by Chris Heinonen Leave a Comment

When it was released I reviewed the Marantz AV7005 processor. Offering features not available in another processor without spending hundreds more, the AV7005 was a smashing success. It was such a success that I bought the review sample and it still lives in my home theater system to this day. Now it has been updated […]

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