Marantz SR5014 came in yesterday from A4L, got home and immediately setup when I got home from work, directions be damned! Initial setup no video from HDMI 1, only 2. Moving on, can’t get WiFi, Bluetooth or AirPlay to work. Downloaded the remote app, it won’t connect but you get three choices, Detect Marantz AVR’s, Demo mode and can not find my AVR which prompts you to send a bug report to Marantz... something tells me I’m not the first to have connectivity issues. Next I ran Audyssey, setup my bookshelf speakers and sub, first failed attempt but it was my fault as I didn’t set sub crossover to LFE. Second attempt success, I now grew enough patience to grab a beer and slow down a little. Basic setup complete I turned on Netflix and fast forwarded to a random point in Free Fire, a non stop shooter movie completely set in a warehouse. Gunfire and ricochets broken up by brief moments of silence with whispers and shouting. My Special 40’s came to life like I’ve never heard, no longer constrained by 40 watts and soft clipping from my 30 year old NAD, all my expectations of giving them the headroom they needed to stretch their legs was instantly gratified. Then just as I was giddy with the realization that these speakers are better than I had imagined it all melted when I looked and the little res light on my SVS sub was glowing. My hope momentarily returned as it dawned on me, as good as it sounded it was all without a subwoofer, I thought to myself it can only get better. Another 30 minutes of checking physical and electronic setting I discovered the sub was somehow off, an unrelated setting not in the setup wizard and not part of Audyssey had my main set on large and the sub off even though the AVR activated the sub during Audyssey, I’d like to have a polite conversation with the engineers that worked on the UI. At this point I reset all settings back to factory and start it all over with my newly gained knowledge. Set up front speakers to small, turned on subwoofer and reran Audyssey. Returning with even more determination I started Free Fire where I had left off only to discover my the balls of my Special 40’s to have been surgically removed by Audyssey, at this point I admitted defeat, finished my beer and went to bed.
This morning plugged the AVR into my router and updated the it. Later today I will attempt to contact tech support about the connectivity issues. I’m not completely defeated, I have my mini DSP and I may download the Audyssey app, I know this receiver has all the tools to get the sound I want it just needs a little more patients.
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