Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3569 in Receiver or Amplifier
- Color: Black
- Brand: Marantz
- Model: SR5007
- Dimensions: 6.30" h x
17.30" w x
13.20" l,
22.30 pounds
- Display size: 1
Features
- Fully discrete power amplifiers for all 7 Channels (100 W x 7 Channel, 8ohm 20-20kHz 0.08%)
- 3D pass-through technology Enjoy 3D video entertainment with dynamic surround sound.
- 6 x HDMI in/1 x HDMI out Lets you connect your HDMI-equipped devices with a single cable. Enjoy high definition audio and video.
- 4K video support (4K video upscaling, video pass-through and GUI overlay)
- AirPlay Stream music from your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch or from your iTunes music library.
Marantz SR5007 Home Theater AV Receiver
Product Description
Combining network capability and audiophile sound, the Marantz SR5007 7.2 Home Theater Receiver is an ideal media center for any home theater system. With Marantz's classic "star and circle" front display, the receiver offers both style and comprehensive features, including an Ethernet port, six HDMI inputs and playback of the latest hi-definition audio formats. AirPlay allows you to stream music wirelessly from your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad over your home network. Two audio zones and additional support for Bluetooth devices make the SR5007 a powerful and versatile solution for all your home theater and music listening needs.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
69 of 71 people found the following review helpful.
By Martin Emde
UPDATE (about 8 months later): I'm still very happy with this receiver. I think it was exactly the right choice. A balance of style, functionality, simplicity, and just all around good audio. Read my full review below for the decision process. Thank you for all your comments and "thumbs up". I'm happy I've been able to help so many people.I was looking for a simple, minimal stereo speaker setup that works well with my TV, Apple TV, and PS3 and could be reasonably future resistant. The Marantz SR5007 does everything I need and more, and sounds damn good.I spent more than a month researching different ways to make sound in my home. Here's what I needed:1. Stream music and video from my MacBook Air without cables2. Play video games on my PS3 (also functions as a blueray player)3. Clean amplifier to power a good set of speakers4. Minimal, uncluttered appearanceI already owned:* Apple TV - outputs HDMI and Optical. Optical can be used for audio when the HDMI is off. Streams The Daily Show through AirPlay Mirroring.* PS3 outputs HDMI signal for Games and Netflix (the Netflix interface on Apple TV is terrible, PS3 interface is the best)* Samsung Plasma TV with 4 HDMI inputs and optical or analogue audio out.So if you were to simplify my needs for some sort of receiver, it came down to 2 HDMI + 1 or 2 optical with a decent DAC (Digital Analogue Converter). I began my search with something very simple.First idea: DAC + powered speakers, e.g. Audioengine A5+ Premium Powered Speaker Pair Bamboo. This results in optical AirPlay from Apple TV and optical TV audio going into a DAC. I would have let the TV handle HDMI switching. Here's the problem with this setup. First, finding a DAC that takes two optical inputs is hard and expensive. As I learned, spending a lot of money on a DAC is not money well spent. Second, the AudioEngine speakers, while quite impressive for size and price, are very "excited" sounding. They didn't seem to lend themselves to quiet playing with nice smooth audio. I live in a small apartment so constant booming bass won't work. I also noticed a problem with an in-store set of A5+ speakers where the volume knob had gone all screwy. Up was down until it was up, down was up then down. The volume was all over the place because of a faulty volume knob.Second idea: Splurge on a Peachtree Audio iNova Rosewood iPod Dock with passive speakers. Here price really got in the way. As far as I could tell, Peachtree is an excellent sounding system. However, you're really spending a lot for it. Even refurbished, an iNova costs $1499. Bump down to the Peachtree Audio NOVA Integrated Hybrid Amplifier (Cherry) and you can get one for $900 refurbished but the there have been critiques that it under-powers the low frequency. No doubt it still sounds wonderful, but again, it's pricey and it's all stuck together in one unti. Why not go with a "separates" system, a home audio setup where each component is separate and replaceable.Third idea: Separates from Emotiva. Emotiva makes good amps (I hear) and the only DAC with 2x optical in for less than one fortune dollars. With Emotiva I could power speakers at any power level. This is a great setup, and I almost pulled the trigger on an Emotiva UPA-200 + XDA-1. It would do everything I needed. But then I got to thinking, "I'm going to have to change two sources correctly to get sound from my TV." Not ideal, and it affects all my previous solutions too. Pick the correct video output on the TV, then pick the correct audio output on the receiver.Fourth idea: I considered an AV receiver from Emotiva for audio and video switching all in one place. This preprocessor means slightly better sound than an all in one like this marantz. The problem is that the available AV prepro they offer is far outdated. No AirPlay, no network, no iPhone remote app, no HDMI1.4 at all, not very future proof at the moment. They have a new one coming out but it's $1499! That's a big jump in price. You can get a lot of AV receiver for that kind of money. I'm convinced Emotiva is a quality brand but it's just not a viable price vs. feature compromise at this time.Last idea (almost): I just need an AV receiver. No need to spend a ton of money on a separates system, even if it would likely be a bit higher quality. What is the minimum receiver I could get. My first attempt was a Denon AVR2112CI Integrated Network A/V Surround Receiver. It seemed like I could get most of what I needed from last year's Denon model. It had AirPlay and did everything I needed, so I bought it. It was not good. The on screen interface was the first abject failure to come tumbling out of this receiver. Ugly and jittery, the interface is atrocious in that thing. Pandora streaming was unusable because I literally could not look at the screen jittering around long enough to log in. The second problem was all the clicking. It clicked when you switched sources, it clicked when you went to the on screen menu. It clicked just for the heck of it. Not a speaker click, but a power switching click directly from the receiver. Unacceptable junk that felt like a waste of good money. I returned it to Amazon (which thankfully accepted the return at no cost to me) and kept hunting.Last idea (really): After being disappointed with the lower end Denon (unfortunately lower end still costs $500 and more), I started looking at Marantz receivers. Marantz is made by the same company as Denon so I was unsure if I would run into the same problems. However, Marantz has a long history of making quality audio components and I'd like to believe they've stuck to their guns over time. I researched all the similar receivers in the marantz line, last years sr6006, this years sr6007, and this receiver, the sr5007. Use the marantz.com site if you want more a more thorough breakdown, but here's a quick comparison:* The sr6006 is comparable to the sr5007. There's almost nothing different between them (10 watts of power doesn't matter when *doubling* power only gets you 3 db). The deciding factor is that the sr6006 will give you Zone 2 HDMI. If you have 2 TVs within the distance of an HDMI cable, and this is how you want to hook it up, then go with the sr6006 because this is the only meaningful difference.* The sr6007 is about the same as the sr6006, and therfore about the same as the sr5007 for a lot more money (again there's the extra HDMI output to zone 2 and a negligable boost in power).* The sr5006 lacks the improved GUI of the sr5007. This is an important distinction and is why you shouldn't get the sr5006.* Compared to the slim marantz receivers, you mostly just get more power. I would absolutely consider the 16xx series if you are tight on space, want something small and have speakers that will be satisfied by less power. It just didn't make sense for me with my speakers because I would need an external amp the get anywhere close to the 30-120 recommended watts for my speakers. The slim only pre-outputs 2.1 vs the 7.2 preout in the sr5007, so if your speakers need more than 100watts shared between them you'll be out of luck. If you have a surround in a box speaker setup or won't push the system, you would do just fine with a slim marantz.The sr5007 is a good solid receiver. It's a reasonable size - slightly smaller than the comparable Denon - but not as small as the slim marantz receivers. The face of the receiver is refined with just the right set of buttons, something you really can't say about comparably priced Denon, Onkyo, or Pioneer receivers.Sound quality: I get very good sound out of my marantz sr5007 and a pair of Totem Hawks. Most of your sound quality comes from your speakers. Buy good speakers above all else. As long as you have a low distortion (THD < 1%) amplifier with enough power to supply what your speakers need, they will sound good. You want to make sure that your speakers are properly powered so you don't get clipping, which can damage your speakers over time. With this receiver I can turn up the volume very loud without any indication that the sound is loud - no compression or distortion that I'm used to hearing in lower quality stereos. It sounds so clear that turning up the volume just increases the clarity of whatever your listening to. I find myself with the volume quite loud sometimes without realizing it because it just sounds "right". Plus, you get "Pure Direct" mode which turns off everything that might cause distortion for the purest, cleanest sound possible out of this receiver. I always use it for playing music (It is worth noting that the THD is rated in source direct mode so it may exceed marantz's THD ratings in any other mode.)User Interface: A huge improvement over the previous interface. I would highly recommend staying away from the old interface. This new one, while not refined like an Apple TV or PS3 interface, is much nicer than the old 8-bit interface. You don't use it much, but what is critical is that since you get all signals upscaled to HDMI, the signal never switches to use the on screen display. The OSD actually looks like it belongs. Partial transparency over the video signal when in the menus is a nice touch too.Network: I've got to say I'm actually very happy with the AirPlay. I thought I would mostly use my Apple TV for AirPlay but the built in AirPlay gets switched to automatically when you start playing to it. You usuallly have to wake the Apple TV up to get your computer to notice it first. A word of warning: if you're like me and you keep your iTunes volume all the way up all the time, when you first play through the marantz, you will have the pleasure of seeing what "turn it up to 11" sounds like on your new receiver. TURN YOUR ITUNES VOLUME DOWN BEFORE AIRPLAYING! The marantz matches the iTunes volume directly. All AirPlay speakers work this way.Upgradability: This marantz has full 7.2 pre-amp RCA outputs, which means you can use external amps if you ever need to upgrade. This can improve the sound quality too, since this receiver has the ability to switch off unused circuitry. This receiver also supports all the newest standards, 4k upscaling, 3D passthrough, etc. I don't need these now but you never know. Just imagine a "retina" style TV from Apple with 4k resolution. All the pixels! *drool*This is a nice looking, easy to use receiver with a unusually simple remote, perfectly usable on screen display, and great sound quality. It's going to last you a long time and supports all the features of any of the newest receivers. I can happily recommend it over almost any other receiver in this price range and above on Amazon.com or elsewhere. Without spending well into the $1200+ range you're not going to get the simplicity, quality, and features offered by this marantz.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
By Johnny
Thankfully after 20 days of ownership, I checked my surround channels. Turns out my back left channel is defective, as it sounds crackly and only about half as loud as it should. (I verified it was the receiver by swapping the left and right back channel speakers.)Amazon took it back for replacement (with free one day shipping of the new unit!), how awesome is that?Anyway I'd give it 5 stars if it wasn't for the quality control issue. It's got all the bells and whistles, and it sounds pretty good to boot. Just be sure to do a thorough diagnosis of yours if you order it. Oh and save the packaging for a while too.Update: 3/4/2013 After Just about six months of ownership the thing has started "squawking", and by that I mean I'll have it set to a normal level (a little on the low side actually) and when I switch sources it will randomly (about 1 out of 50 times) make the loudest, highest-pitched, ear bursting, neighbor-wakingest sound possible, for about a half second (my ears are still ringing as I write this). So far it's done it on two different sources, so it's not the source. When I went to the website for technical support, it said "Technical Difficulties". Hopefully, they'll repair or replace it. I know it's hard to replicate, but it's really obnoxious (and a little frightening)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By TLC
Love my Marantz SR5007. It was more expensive than I was hoping to spend on a receiver, but I don't regret it at all. I use ethernet to connect the internet, airplay and internet radio are both easy setup. The unit looks very sleek too. Would recommend to anyone.
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