Marantz CD6004 CD Player Preview

[admin]

With a similar model number, the CD6004 from Marantz was obviously designed to work with the new PM6004 Integrated Amplifier to provide an affordable but impressive two channel system. All you need to do is provide the speakers. But the CD6004 isn't built with only Marantz's other components in mind, there is a lot more to it than that. With Made for iPod/Works with iPhone certification and front mounted USB port, the CD6004 is more than a simple high-end CD player. For $500, however, you have to ask yourself if the CD6004 does everything you need.


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[bikemig]

The ipod/hard disc playback is a nice feature but the inability to play flac is a problem. At that price, Marantz could have added digital inputs which would have made the CD player more useful. Given the competition that CDs face from other sources such as computers, streaming devices, etc., it would make sense even when manufacturing CD players for dedicated 2 channel listening to make them as future proof as possible.

[nickboros]

For $500 you can buy an Oppo bpd 93 which plays cd's, sacd's and any dvd audio disc. If that is all that you knew the Oppo would be a better player for the money already. Oh, but it also is a 3D Blu-Ray player with Netflix, Pandora?, etc. I don't see why anyone would be willing to part with $500 for this cd player.

Even audiophiles tend to steer clear of cd's. They prefer vinyl or sacd or dvd audio. Who is this Marantz player for?

[haraldo]

It's just beyound me how a CD player can be even suggested to be "kind of" future proof, CD players are dead!!

How can anyone consider a CD player or a player that doesn't even support any kind of networking capabilities, Squeezebox or any other kind of network players are lightyears ahead in convenience, and probably also performance.... well, as far as I know they should perform better as you don't have any issues withg mechanical disturbances, as a CD player will have.... at least if you have good subwoofers...

I don't even understand why this is mildly interesting... these things are dinosaurs and a thing of the past

If a CD player can autocatically rip CD's into, say FLAC format, and put them into a library on a hdd inside player or on a server, and then play them back, then we're talking but Marantz people don't even think this far ahead, what are they doing

[valkilm]

I'm sorry but you are all wrong, cd's are not dead, they are alive and kicking...

The Marantx cd6004 will out perform any of the mentioned players, maybe connected to a cheap amp and with lack of audio experience like some of you it might sound the same, but connect it to an high end system and you will see the differences...surely none of you guys knows what you're talking about

[96cobra10101]

I'm sorry but you are all wrong, cd's are not dead, they are alive and kicking...

The Marantx cd6004 will out perform any of the mentioned players, maybe connected to a cheap amp and with lack of audio experience like some of you it might sound the same, but connect it to an high end system and you will see the differences...surely none of you guys knows what you're talking about

For a first post you really jumped in with both feet. But you may have landed on your a$$.

[bikemig]

For a first post you really jumped in with both feet. But you may have landed on your a$$.

I had to laugh when I read that; and I agree.

[haraldo]

I'm sorry but you are all wrong, cd's are not dead, they are alive and kicking...

The Marantx cd6004 will out perform any of the mentioned players, maybe connected to a cheap amp and with lack of audio experience like some of you it might sound the same, but connect it to an high end system and you will see the differences...surely none of you guys knows what you're talking about

Well, for my sake I auditioned extremely expensive CD players that's forty times the price of the Marantz and with amps a pricetag of a new car..... did you do something similar?

Still, best bet from my point of view would be a squeezebox or a squeezebox transporter utilizing digital out connected to a well performing dac like the Benchmark DAC1

Have you done proper auditioning in order to make a qualified feedback based on this?
Technically a CD player cannot equal a properly designed player without moving parts........

[haraldo]

I'm sorry but you are all wrong, cd's are not dead, they are alive and kicking...

The Marantx cd6004 will out perform any of the mentioned players, maybe connected to a cheap amp and with lack of audio experience like some of you it might sound the same, but connect it to an high end system and you will see the differences...surely none of you guys knows what you're talking about
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If you want CD player, rather check this.....


looks quite cool

[Pyrrho]

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Technically a CD player cannot equal a properly designed player without moving parts........

What do you mean by this?