Marantz PM6007 Review And Sound Test 

If so, stick for yoyr audio with you computer!

The audible differences between 6005, 6006 and 6007 are minimal.

Very unique channel name. 🤣🤣🤣

Maybe the Denon PME 600 is better for you if you are looking for better base. What did you decide? 😊

I’m a Wharfedale guy too! I have a pair of the Diamond 11.2 with the Marantz PM7000N and a pair of the D320 with a Emotiva BASX-TA100 little integrated amp with an 8” Definitive Technology subwoofer. Both are great systems. Another great reason for going with your Marantz is that it is 4 ohm stable where your former Yamaha is not. Your speakers are rated at 8 ohms but repeatedly stop below 4. They will damage the Yamaha eventually, especially if you drive them loudly.

What speakers have you paired it up with? I'm going for a KEF Q150, but I'm not sure how well this amp complements the speakers.

@@HaridevV I have paired it with Tannoy Eclipse 3 floor standing speakers. I also have Fyne Audio F-302 floor standers. It works well with both. KEF Q series will make good pair too.

My B&W 602 S3 are working Magnificently with 6007

​@@VinodKumar-gx7wjLooking for the same in Bangalore. Pointers to shops from where I can buy the Marantz?

I can understand those things affecting the acoustics but I think the sub would've still danced around with bookshelf speakers and a larger room. By today's standards, the amp isn't particularly powerful at 45w per channel at 8 ohms.

I've tried it with source direct but like you, I tend to keep the tone controls on neutral and source direct off. Not all music is recorded the same, so if a track needs a bit more (or less) bass, I can use my tone controls.

Ditto. Same system. Very enjoyable. No audiophile bull is what I like.

What amp close to this price range has that resolution grip and more texture?

@@vitalie787 audiolab 6000a

Lol trying to sound like a proffessional. It just sounds great & Musical if you can hear the highs & lows & in betweens with half decent music then it's good. I personally found when I first played this system it made my ears prick up & the wife for the first time ever commented on the sound quality. I think it's time to stop some of the music bull**** & snobbery. Start enjoying your system & albums & stop looking for faults.remember you bought the blooming thing so you must have read up on it. Rant over.

now cost $300 more than his original price

@@ENGLISHISBEST absolutely right ! This is a very good amplifier even without the price consideration. People like to dislike because it's not a very expensive product. Expensive products they will never be able to afford.

Wattage in amps mean nothing if you didn't know it yet. Sound quality isn't measured in watts

@@juanbaclavab It does matter, if you didn't know it yet. Plenty of articles online how the wattage impacts sound quality. It's like driving the same car that's powered by 1-liter vs 3-liter engine. Try it and you'll understand.

Depends on your budget and the size of your room. The wharfedale diamond sw150 is a decent budget option.

I find it drives them very well. I've had no issues. What amp are you currently using?

@@UTILITARIANTVUK its a Pioneer sx-po1dab which I had from Richer Sounds back in 2013, it's a small unit that came with a matching CD player. Supposed to be 75w into 4 ohms but just feel it's lacking

@@simoncaton7345 I suppose the only way to tell is actually listening to it with your Dali's. Richer Sounds helped me out by setting up the amp with the Dali's in their listening room.

I made some adjustments to the crossover and volume which has resolved the issue. Was quite a shock to see the sub do that though! 🤣

No it stays where it is. When you turn it off, it resets.

Yes you can!

If I'm correct, these are 8ohm at 120 watt so this amp should run them fine.

A s701 is a good amp although I've not heard it. I did have a Yamaha receiver which held its own against the Marantz. Marantz was warmer, richer. Yamaha was brighter so it may be better for rock/metal.

@@UTILITARIANTVUK Thanks, it feels hopeless when it's not possible to try anywhere before buy. Well, as afraid as I am of my decision, I belive that any of these should and will be an upgrade to my old Onkyo TX-NR616 AV. As you said, bright sound could really do the difference in this case, but at the same time but I have to strongly belive that the PM6007 is going to sound awesome too, so holding my thumbs as I was having my eye on it for a while now...I guess I have to try and listen to both in the end. Did you keep your PM6007 or have you found something more worthy? Cheers!

@@dariomonefeldt1464 I've kept it. I have it paired with some Dali Oberon 5s. I love the sound.

@@UTILITARIANTVUK That sounds fantastic! Enjoy :)

Coaxial tends to be a little better IMO. Possible that it's a faulty lead. There are 2 optical sources, check it's on the right one. Are your a or b speaker switched on. Other than that, it could be a fault on the cd player or even the amp. Have you got another cd player or dvd player to check?

Yes, you have to turn off speaker a or b, whichever one you're using.

@@UTILITARIANTVUK Thanks! I'll try that later, been upgrading my music system, & still getting familiar with it, QED Silver Anniversaryxt cables hooked up between a pair of Wharfedale 12.1 Diamond speakers & a Marantz PM6007 amp...been blown away by the sound quality...my old vinyl never sounded so good! Thinkinh of adding the Marantz CD6007 cd player...looking at reviews....thanks again for your reply, much appreciated! Will check out your channel & subscribe 👍

@@moodlefyful The CD6007 is also on my radar. I'll probably get it in the next few months.

You can place it the other way around, the amp on top of the cd player. Make sure the amp has some space above it.

It was a while ago but I probably did have it connected via coax and the Blu-ray player set to PCM or Auto?

It will be a subjective choice. I owned the A11 and have the 6007. The A11 is a very nicely built amp, the sound is also well balanced like the 6007. The 6007 has the edge in actual width of sound soundstage. It fills the room, it’s clear and just a very nicely judged sound. The A11 is well detailed but remains a more centrally focused amp meaning most of the sound remains between the speakers which is something I noticed immediately after replacing a Denon PMA600ne with it. The Rotel is not a room filler either like the 6007. The Rotel stays quite close to the speakers from memory which was not my cup of tea but what is there is very, very nice. The 6007 pushes into your room and with a good spacious sound. It also drives my speakers better than the A11 did. I found the A11 Tribute lacked power. It’s more powerful in paper but in real life it is a very quiet amp even at 50wpc. It goes to 96 volume and playing in a 5m x 5m room I found decent listening levels at 65-70 volume which is fine but then Rotel do not recommend running the A11 at that volume for long periods and it still really wasn’t particularly loud. The 6007 provides a lot more power and on paper is 5 watts less per channel than the Rotel. I would have kept the Rotel if the power was there like the Marantz is but it was not so it had to go. It was driving a pair of Monitor Audio Bronze 200 which have a 88db sensitivity. Maybe if you have a speaker with a higher db sensitivity you would be ok, something around 90-92db. IMO the Marantz is the better value, the internal dac is decent, far better than the Iotavx SA3. Bluetooth is not included 6007 but for me personally, I am glad it isn’t.

@@Panslapper Excellent feedback. Thank you. Yes. My intent was originally to pair the new Rotel A11/A10 Mk2 with the Elac Unifi Ref Bookshelves, but I heard this speaker needs more drive than is on paper as you say. I am now pivoting to the new Zu Dirty Weekend DWX bookshelves which have 100 dB sensitivity. Now in theory the Rotels can drive them, but your feedback on soundstage depth and width is certainly eye opening. With the increased sensitivity, I can probably get away with a low power Class A or Tube amp. The design of the newer Marantz amps is more attractive to me than the old ones, but they are too big for my cabinet! Considering a Schiit Aegir now or one of the Do It Yourself kits from Pass Labs. I have an external Bifrost 2 DAC, so I can try to keep my amp more purist in this case. Thanks so much and Cheers :)

If you can find one at a decent price, I'd go for the Edifier s350db over the Bose companion.

Review here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fFuJ1P83vAE.html

I have looked at those but the speakers are too big for my space. Are you from Caerphilly by any chance?

For 2 channel stereo, it plays pretty loud,

The LP60 has it's own built in phono stage. Set the LP60 to line, then plug it into any spare RCA input on your amp. I believe it comes with the 3.5mm to RCA cable.

Not on the amp.

You must not own any vintage gear???

@@71Fenderv22 I got more stuff than you could even think of mate.

May not have enough power to drive them properly. Need an amp with 80 to 100 watts per channel, something like the Audiolab 6000A.

It's possible that the 12.4 will be a better match with the 501 but there's no way of telling until you connect the speakers up. It's also worth mentioning that amps do not sound their best when new. Some require between 50 to 100 hours burn in. Some say this is a myth but I've found that most amps sound better with more use.

Thank you very much for your time. It is sure that I will wait for sometime and then I will decide.

On low volume, probably nothing. And if you did push the volume up too much, the amps protection circuits would likely shut it down. But personally, I wouldn't recommend it.

@@UTILITARIANTVUK well, the Grundig "Fine Arts"-amp worked well like this for over 30 years until it broke. (also 8 Ohms min for two pairs) so the good quality of the marantz will handle it too... It's only for older people, who want to listen to the radio in two rooms....

You shouldn't stack anything on top of an amp that's too close. It can restrict airflow and may cause it to overheat. Ideally you should have around 10 to 12cm (5 to 6 inches) gap above an amp.

I would say more U shaped. I don't find the mids recessed.

I find that the sub spoils the music.

I can't see why music has subs if you have decent speakers. Keep subs for your theatre systems & explosions.

The audible differences between 6005, 6006 and 6007 are minimal.

I connected it to the amplifier using a coaxial cable.

@@UTILITARIANTVUK how it sound quality with this bd player? Plan to buy this Marantz amp as well

@@KKK-ef5bn Its very good.

The filter is for digital music, Filter 1 is a slow roll-off and Filter 2 is a sharp roll-off, To be fair, I couldn't hear much difference between the two?

They have a sensitivity of 90db, rated at 8ohms nominal. So they should be relatively easy to drive with the Marantz.

@@UTILITARIANTVUK Thanks a lot for your time, I do appreciate it 👌

It has a pretty decent built in phono stage, so there's really no need for a separate one.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8j5VKYWDNKw.html

It does warm up a little but it shouldn't be that hot. Just make sure there's plenty of space above it for ventilation.

No Bluetooth on this amp

Just add a Bluetooth connection. I Paid about £30 for a hi res one on ebay for playing from my phone.get the marantz cd6007 it also plays hi res music files from its usb port. Then add a 4 input usb hub to that & I have around 600 flac albums on tap to my marantz system.

I've not listened to any metal sorry. I've tried some Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath ETC and they sounded good.

@@UTILITARIANTVUK I went and picked up this amp I must say I'm very impressed threw on some Pantera and Metallica and wow I feel like I was right there that amp has a wicked warm sound

Also makes it difficult to play records. 😄

I think it's a class A/B but Marantz do not give out this information on their specs. I've asked them directly so hopefully they'll reply with a conclusive answer soon.

6005, 6006 and 6007 ARE CLASS A/B. Class D amps have a lot more watts, that's the main reason they're made class D: power efficiency.

I actually got it the wrong way around sorry. The coax was slightly better to me. This may be due to its higher band width, it can support higher quality audio up to 24-bit/192kHz. Optical is usually restricted to 96kHz. You could argue that as the CD is 16 bit/44kHz, it doesn't matter. So I suppose it's subjective.

@@UTILITARIANTVUK thx for your reply. Oh,ok! Got it. You were referring to its upsampling capabilities. Now it's clear. Thx again. 👍

No Bluetooth on this amp.

Lack of deep bass

Today finally new speaker cables arrived and it's just woow, what a difference. I would like to say sorry to Marantz pm6007 for my opinion before. After connecting Qed XT25 to the speakers+amp it's day and night, they sounding like never before, bass is back 👌🔥💪

I should think so at 5 times the price of the pm6007! 😂

Most things tend to be cheaper in the US than in Europe except Marantz? It's odd!

@@UTILITARIANTVUK I hate Marantz now! overpriced.

@TY 達也 in NYC US

They were rear ported, too close to the wall was worse unfortunately.

Noisy?? No, only the 6005 and 6006 has a noisy DAC.

What Alberto said.

Dumbass I may be but how dare you call me an audiophile! Also, it's not really a flagship, it's more of a decent canoe. Their flag ship cost 8k more!