Customer Reviews

Marantz UD8004 Universal Disc Player (Black)

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I am not familiar with anything comparable to this dream machine: my two previous CD/DVD players were the Toshiba's HD-A2KU and the Onkyo's DV-CP701.

The Marantz UD8004 is one notch below their flagship, the UD9004, at more than twice the price. Is the sound/picture quality of the 9004 worth an additional $3,0000? I will probably never know.

I walked into a high-end stereo store, and this is the machine they had hooked up. Even though they carried other brands (some more expensive than the UD 8004), this is the one the tech swore by.

The UD 8004 is a hefty, serious and stylish machine. This a Universal Disk Player, which means you have it all in one machine. It plays everything, expect HD DVDs (apparently this is a dead technology, so don't worry about it).

If you are reading this review, you must be serious about the quality of sound & video. Press the "pure" direct button on the remote control, or on the deck, to turn off the video signal and enjoy the audio signal only. The image resolution, color saturation and sharp, detailed definition in Blu-ray are simply amazing (test it with the Planet Earth series). You will be amazed at how this machine "improves" the quality of the picture and sound of your "regular" DVDs. There are a myriad of choices and options to fine-tune your machine in an easy to follow menu in your TV. I have mine set to "normal", so that it adjusts automatically to the kind of movie format we are watching.

There are 3 minor annoying points: 1)the disk tray slams shut, 2)it takes longer to load music cd or a dvd than in my other players, and 3)it makes a scrapping sound when loading music. NOTE: Under the guarantee, I took my unit to a Marantz authorized repair shop. After 10 days of tests, they could not find anything wrong with the unit. The scrapping sound has just about disappeared. It never interfered with the quality of the audio or video. My wife says I am too picky, and maybe she's right.

If these inconveniences do not bother you, then I strongly recommend you get this machine.

I agree with the prior review though the load and start-up time do not bother me as I was previously using an NAD m55 which was even slower. Some reviews complain of fan noise but I can't hear it. The reproduction both video and audio, including SACD and DVD-Audio is excellent.

This product is well built, performance is excellent, and it is easy to use. This unit also handles the dual tasks of high-end video player and audiophile quality audio player with ease. Setup is simple and straight forward. Strong reccomendation for any high end system. Only small complaint is the remote, which is basic- but at this price range you most likely have a system remote so it really doesn't matter.

Thanks God i Find it!!! When all my faith in CDs sound been lost, this amazing sound box knock me out of my feet with regular CDs, and extratospherically with SACD, crisp to the max, you can hear everything and i mean EVERYTHING!!! Enjoy...