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Marantz NA7004
Wanted to share, I have been listening to the NA7004 for a few hours now and I gotta tell you, I LOVE this piece!! I've had it for over a month now and it is wonderful!
This coming from someone who is a vinyl fanatic. The experience is totally different from the glorious ritual of cleaning the needle, placing the disc on the turntable, clamping it down, etc. Airplay (wireless streaming / free upgrade) is awesome and not only for Apple products, you can stream radio.com, iHeart Radio, Tune In, etc. Walking into the room and being able to connect my iPhone and just listen is extremely convenient and way cool! Via Airplay, I've been going through my iTunes library - revisiting songs that I don't pay too much attention to because they are 128 Mp3s. Of course they don't sound as good as the lossless files, but totally listenable through the 7004. Listening to songs I hadn't heard in years was soo refreshing! Have you ever heard of salsa greats like Gran Combo, Grupo Niche or Frankie Ruiz? Well, I was jamming and my wife came downstairs to dance!! Ahh yea! What music is all about!! The 7004 can also be used as an outboard DAC. Using my Wadia and iPod classic, switching back and forth between it and my Benchmark DAC (both are 192/24 and USB 96/24). Both are excellent! The Marantz sounds warmer and richer than the Benchmark which is pretty ruthless and transparent. Even though I do think the Benchmark is better, I could be totally happy with the Marantz! I believe it uses the same DAC as the Pearl Lite gear which isn't too shabby. Ditto for tunes I've downloaded from HD Tracks via my Macbook pro through the USB. The NA7004 has modernized my 2 channel set up!!
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JBL 4367, Technics1200G / 1210GR, Benchmark HPA4, AHB2, bunch of carts, Simaudio LP310 |
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Nice to hear.
I have been thinking about picking one of these up, it will match my Pearls and add some convenience that I don't have now. |
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Recently picked a unit up from Musicdirect.com. Great unit and half price now. Only drawback was having to run cat 5 cable to the unit for internet functions. Really nice unit with great versatility.
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Pio.......It's a good looking streamer, for sure. The DAC uses the Cirrus Logic CS4398 chipset. The DAC will handle signals at sampling frequencies up to 192kHz through the co-axial and optical inputs and up to 96kHz through its USB port.
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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I recently exchanged a Denon DNP-720AE for the Marantz NA7004, and it has been the best move. The Denon was good to a point, but the music started to jitter, or what they call gaping. The previous owner said Marantz came out with a firmware update that included gapless music... no more jitters.
I love it for the internet radio. Over 20,000 channels to choose from, every genre of music you can think of. This is the best replacement for a tuner that will give you more choices to choose from. |
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I really enjoy listening to internet radio with all the variations and options. We also have a very large digital music collection. I've tried and had a number of different units and would like to give this Marantz NA7004 a try. Perhaps someone knows if you can enter and store internet radio stations using the URL? It's a lot faster than searching & saving. I've read the owners manual and searched the internet but cannot find a definitive answer - either way. Perhaps someone here might know? Thanks.
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I love my NA6005. I just wish I could have gotten it in silver. It does sound excellent, whether it be internet radio, Pandora, streaming from the NAS, feeding it through JRiver, or playing DSD files via USB.
And I just ordered a WW Nova Toslink to run the TV output into it as the analog output from the TV is a bit lacking in the bass. |
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