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Marantz Cinema Series, AV 10 & AMP 10 – Preview All Image Credit: Marantz *UPDATED: 3/25/2023* – DIRAC Live now available, see end of post. Here is my unofficial, now official, information on the upcoming Marantz Cinema series and flagship separates releases. The official press release day was 9/26/2022. Marantz, […]

Marantz Cinema Series, AV 10 & AMP 10 – Preview

September 9, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged AMP10 / AV10 / Cinema / Cinema 40 / Cinema 50 / Cinema 60 / Cinema 70s / Marantz / Sound United / Stereo 70s by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz CD60 & Denon DCD-900NE CD Players – Quick Look Image Credit: Marantz and Denon Forty years ago the CD format introduced the public to digital music physical media. The latest statistics from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) show that sales of CDs increased by 21% to more […]

Marantz CD60 & Denon DCD-900NE CD Players – Quick Look

May 28, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged CD Player / CD60 / DCD-900NE / Denon / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Audyssey ACM1-X Calibrated Microphone This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Audyssey has just released the new ACM1-X calibrated microphone as a companion accessory to its recently announced MultEQ-X room-correction software. The microphone enables measurements to be corrected to a near-perfect match to those of a “type 1” […]

Audyssey ACM1-X Calibrated Microphone

March 17, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged ACM1-X / Audyssey / Denon / Marantz / Microphone / MultEQ-X by fromvinyltoplastic

Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs Sound United (Denon & Marantz) have announced their support for a new, advanced, Audyssey PC software application. The new software, MultEQ-X, gives users additional and expanded control and flexibility to calibrate existing and new home AVR’s, together with early access to new Audyssey […]

Audyssey MultEQ-X for Denon and Marantz AVRs

December 16, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Audyssey / Denon / Marantz / Microsoft / MultEQ-X / PC / Sound United / Windows by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers All Image Credit: Denon & Marantz Do you own one of the latest 8K AVR’s from Denon or Marantz that only have one HDMI 2.1 compliant 8K input? Tired of swapping HDMI cables for your PS5, Xbox Series X, […]

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers

September 11, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVS-3 / Denon / HDMI Switcher / HDMI2.1 / Marantz / VS3003 by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon and Marantz AV Receivers HDMI 2.1 Bug Permanently Fixed It’s been a while coming, but wait no longer, you can now go out and buy a Denon or Marantz AV Receiver with the full confidence that it will not have the reported 4K 120Hz HDMI bug issue. Forbes and […]

Denon and Marantz AV Receivers HDMI 2.1 Bug Permanently Fixed

August 16, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged Denon / Fix / HDMI 2.1 bug / HDMI 2.1 bug fix / Marantz / Sound United by fromvinyltoplastic

AVR-X8500HA & AV8805A HDMI 8K Upgrade All Image Credit: Denon and Marantz. Well it looks like we are on a roll for 8K upgrades, HDMI 2.1 support and the fix for the HDMI 2.1 bug. This hardware and firmware upgrade for the Denon […]

AVR-X8500HA & AV8805A HDMI 8K Upgrade

May 28, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged AV8805 / AVR-8500H / Denon / HDMI Upgrade / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon & Marantz Solve HDMI 2.1 Bug With SPK618 With the release in 2020 of Denon’s and Marantz’s next generation of HDMI 2.1 receivers came a number of unexpected headaches. It turned out that they did not support the promised pass through of 8K signals or 4K/120Hz graphics from the […]

Denon & Marantz Solve HDMI 2.1 Bug With SPK618

April 27, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged Denon / HDMI 2.1 bug fix / HDMI bug / Marantz / Sound United / SPK618 by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI 2.1 4K/120Hz Bug Fix? At the beginning of November, From Vinyl To Plastic reported the discovery of a potential chipset bug in the latest HDMI 2.1 chipsets sourced by Panasonic and used in the new Denon, Marantz, and Yamaha HDMI 2.1 8K AV Receivers. As reported on the German web site […]

HDMI 2.1 4K/120Hz Bug Fix?

December 10, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 4K/120Hz / Bug / Denon / Fix / HDMI 2.1 / Marantz / Sound United by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon/Marantz 2020 Firmware Update Sound United has announced their latest firmware update to their high-end Denon and Marantz receivers. It is due out on November 11th 2020. This firmware will provide some significant new features and restore some that were removed over a year ago due to changes to Dolby […]

Denon/Marantz 2020 Firmware Update

November 10, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / Firmware Updates / News tagged Denon / Firmware Update / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI 2.1 Bug – 4K/120Hz Failure As the video industry continues to strive for ever higher resolutions and faster frame rates an obstacle has hit several AV receiver models. Driven primarily by the gaming world, the new HDMI 2.1 standard supports features to include; 4K resolution at frame rates of […]

HDMI 2.1 Bug – 4K/120Hz Failure

November 3, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 4KP120 / 8KP60 / Denon / Fixed Rate Link / FRL / HDMI 2.1 / Marantz / Panasonic Solutions / Sound United / Yamaha by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz AV7706 AV Pre-Amplifier- First Look (Image Credit: Marantz) On the heels of the release of both the Denon and earlier Marantz 8K AV receivers, Marantz has announced the release of this 8K surround AV pre-amplifier, the AV7706. This AV pre-amplifier features 11.2 channels of XLR and RCA pre-outs and […]

Marantz AV7706 AV Pre-Amplifier- First Look

October 25, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AV Preamplifier / AV7706 / First Look / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz 8K SR-Series AV receivers - First Look — Marantz 8K SR-Series AV Receivers – First Look (Images Credit: Marantz) Hot on the heels of the Denon 8K receiver release we knew that Marantz would not be too far behind, especially as both compnaies share the same technical stable and are owned by […]

Marantz 8K SR-Series AV Receivers – First Look

July 25, 2020 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged First Look / Marantz / SR Series / SR5015 / SR6015 / SR7015 / SR8015 by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz AV8805 13.2CH 4K UHD AV Pre-Amplifier-First Look — Marantz AV8805 13.2CH 4K UHD AV Pre-Amplifier – First Look Product Model: AV8805 Manufacturer: Denon MSRP: $4499 Weight: 30 pounds Availability: February 2018 Overview In parallel with the release of the AVR-X8500H from Denon comes the AV8805 from the stables of Marantz, […]

Marantz AV8805 13.2CH 4K UHD AV Pre-Amplifier-First Look

January 17, 2018 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 13.2 Channel / AV8805 / Marantz / Pre-Amplifier by fromvinyltoplastic