Marantz SR-4001 Home Theater Receiver

by Marantz

Product Details

• Item Weight: 27 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 30 pounds
• ASIN: B0009GIFJS
• Item model number: SR-4500
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #371,306 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

The A/V receiver that many companies couldn't make at any cost brings Marantz excellence to even the most cost-conscious aficionado. The SR4500 boasts full 7.1 channel capability. And each of the 7 built-in amplifiers produces 80 watts RMS. You'll enjoy Dolby Digital EX and dts ES soundtracks thanks to 32-bit processing. Other surround formats include Dolby Pro Logic IIx, dts Neo:6, and SRS Circle Surround II. Advanced 192 kHz/24-bit D/A converters mean you'll hear everything with total accuracy. Connectivity? Extensive. There's a battery of audio and video inputs and outputs. Full Composite to S-Video conversion, too, for optimal picture clarity. Want audiophile performance? Depend on Pure Direct and Video Off modes to help you listen further into the music. Other features include a unique Simple Setup so you can enjoy your system quickly and effortlessly. The AM/FM tuner has 50 custom-name presets. The SRS TruSurround headphone output means you can be surrounded without disturbing anyone. There's remote control. And a three-year warranty for your peace of mind.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great amplifier. Great value., April 15, 2006

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BoolaBoola "Nutmegger" (Whittier) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marantz SR-4001 Home Theater Receiver (Electronics)

I actually have the SR4600, the replacement for the SR4500. The only difference is a detachable power cord and HDCD decoding.
I use it mainly for stereo classical music reproduction, at which it is impeccable. I tried it as home theater, with good speakers all around, but decided it was not worth the clutter.
I also have the PM7200 class A amp. There is very little, if any, difference in sound, as hard as that is to believe. The latter has a touch more sense of realism and solidity to the instruments, but that's about it. And the PM7200 uses much more electricity, even in idle, so I use the SR4600 most of the time.
A big advantage of the SR4600 is that it has built in DACs, digital to analog decoders. However, I have a high end CD player that sounds just a bit better, which should not be a surprise given that it costs about as much as the SR4600, alone. But for most people the built in DACs are going to provide excellent sound, with an exceptional amount of detail.
The sound, with very good speakers, is very natural, like having real acoustic instruments before you.
Great specs and sound mean nothing if you don't have reliability. I have not had the slightest problem with either of my current Marantz amps, nor with the several I have had in earlier years. (In case you don't know, Marantz has been one of the premier names in audio equipment since the 1950s, although it went off course in the 1990s.) That is one of the strong points of Marantz - they have a 3 year warranty, too.
For the money, the SR4600 has to be one of the great bargains out there - you are getting 7 amps!
My advice: Save your money on the receiver and put it into better speakers. This receiver plus good speakers, plus any old DVD player hooked up digitally equals true audiophile sound.