Considering a new A/V receiver. RX-A6A

Bassmantweed

Bassmantweed

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I have an older marantz SR7005 which is about 15 years old. Wondering if the advancements in technology would be worth an upgrade. Specifically the room correction software as I have a difficult room.

Too many times I buy some new tech and the improvement is minimal. Thoughts?
 
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By all means, see how many others respond regarding the improvements being worth the upgrade. I don't have the SR7005, and can't tell you much about the Room Correction of the Marantz brands. AS a three generation Yamaha Owner YPAO room correction is considered very well done as tested by Audiohaulics. I have the RX-A3070 which is still a beast, but .... not enough of a difference from me to move on to the Yamaha A6A/A8A.

From the Marantz your looking at 7 channel to 9, and from 125 watts two channels driven to 150 Watts for the Yamaha. The Marantz uses the Burr Brown DAC and the yamaha uses the current ESS Saber DACs. My 3070 does a steller job of pushing my ADS speakers in Pure Direct for music and don't have any doubts the A6A will perform just as well. YPAO uses multipoint calibration which might serve you well considering your room difficultys. You will be able to place your microphone at various locations around the room and the Yamaha will calibrate to all those points. I've never had anyone here comment that they were not able to hear the surround effects off axis as they happened. The A6A will also process 8k and I don't believe the Marantz does that, however ..... THAT was never a selling point for me.

Hope I gave you just a little bit of insite to help you make that decission.

Garry~
 
I've upgraded my AVRs (Denon) through the years mostly based on HDMI versions required for higher resolutions and supporting new surround formats. They've all had sufficient power and musicality to drive my ADS L710's in Pure Direct as well. The multi-placement microphone based calibration across the years resulted in great home theater surround.

If I hadn't been chasing higher rez and new surround formats, I don't think I'd have upgraded as I've done over the years.
 
My 2017 Yamaha RX A770 replaced an Onkyo AVR I bought in 2000. When the remote malfunctioned it was all the excuse I needed to upgrade.

The room Equalization function, Network streaming (Spotify Premium in my case), Internet radio tuner, Bluetooth including headphones, 4K video switching, Wireless wi-fi speaker option, Modern audio codec's up to Dolby Atmos, all make these newer AVR's light years ahead of my old Onkyo in terms of technology. Worth every penny even at full list price.

I liked the Yamaha so much 3 years later I bought their RxV485 for my living room. The RX A6A looks like a fine unit too.

In terms of sound quality all 3 AVR's do a fine job in both stereo and standard 5.1 DD surround sound, with the old Onkyo giving up nothing to the much newer models. The Onkyo AVR makes a decent receiver for stereo music too, but is quite bulky.
 
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Bassmantweed said:
I have an older marantz SR7005 which is about 15 years old. Wondering if the advancements in technology would be worth an upgrade. Specifically the room correction software as I have a difficult room.

Too many times I buy some new tech and the improvement is minimal. Thoughts?
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According to Marantz (https://www.marantz.com/en-us/product/av-receivers/sr7005), the built-in room correction is "Audyssey MultEQ XT". Hopefully that detail will help someone comment how room correction on newer units compare.

One thing to check, if you haven't already, is whether you have the latest firmware on the Marantz installed. I don't know anything about that era Marantz, but I think room correction often gets updated with new firmware releases. They probably haven't released a firmware update in a long time since it's an older model, but worth checking to make sure you have the last version they produced.
 
@Bassmantweed It's always easy for us to spend your money for you. There have been many upgrades to the technology in the past 15 years. The A6A will at the very least be a solid piece of equipment for, at the very least next 5 years or so and even then, Most people don't update their equipment that soon, and I sure don't/won't. If the features entice you to make the plunge? Yamaha's network improvements are substantial as compared to just 10 years ago. It's much more stable now then in the past. I dumped my Music server and installed a very small in size SSD drive onto my Router to access Media files though the Yamaha. Yamaha has two apps you can use from your seating position. Music Cast, and the Yamaha app where you can sit at the ideal spot and adjust or fine tune the settings without having to get up, or use you phone/tablet as a remote.

Let us know what you think either way.

Garry~
 
I'm more than several generations in on Yamaha RX-*, currently running a circa 2018 RX-A3070 (I chose over the 3080) and have always been impressed by the sound and features.

That said, mine does primarily pre-pro duties with outboard mains amplification to 3 vintage PC-2002M's (L/R/sub) but using the built in amps for surround, and the LFE to a 2nd powered (SVS) sub.
 
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I'm more than several generations in on Yamaha RX-*, currently running a circa 2018 RX-A3070 (I chose over the 3080) and have always been impressed by the sound and features.

That said, mine does primarily pre-pro duties with outboard mains amplification to 3 vintage PC-2002M's (L/R/sub) but using the built in amps for surround, and the LFE to a 2nd powered (SVS) sub.
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Killer set up brutal :thumbsup:
 
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