Yamaha RN 803 Vs Marantz 700N and comptable speakers

[Thiru]

Hi

I am planning to build my first music setup . With in my buget a good integrated amp and services with in India i have shortlisted

1) Yamaha RN 803
2) Marantz 7000N

Speakers
Marantz 7000N- Dali obero 5 or q 3050 i ( music was great .) total cost - > 1.5 k / 2010 USD (approx)

Did not get opportunity for Yamaha Rn803 demo and not sure which speakers are compatable .
After sale service in India - Chennai which brand ( Yamaha or Marantz ) we get quality service


Please help me with better equipment Yamaha RN803 + speakers ? or Marantz 7000n + speakers ?

Thanks

 

[Thiru]

Hi all

Please advise whether going for Book shelf and sub woofer a better choice

Kindly suggest speakers for
1) Yamaha RN 803
2) Marantz 7000N

Thanks

 

[lovinthehd]

Generally one chooses the speakers/subs first, then use an amp with appropriate power/impedance handling for your purposes (and with connectivity and feature set that also works best for your purposes). Speakers are a rather personal choice as to how they sound, tho (unlike most well designed amps, which would sound same/similar within their limits) and have never even seen a Dali or Q Acoustics speaker myself so couldn't even comment on your proposed choices, pick the pair you prefer.

Whether you want towers doesn't mean the towers don't need a sub(s) (and subs give you better placement choices for that range of frequencies, as the L/R speakers may not be in the best position for such let alone have the same capability). Towers may have more capability for spl and perhaps bass extension in a general sense, but there are very good bookshelf/standmount speakers out there too.

Subwoofer use with many 2ch integrated amps will be with no or limited bass management, so that's something to think about as well.

As to these two integrated amps, the Yamaha looks to be the better value to me but didn't dig thru all their features but I'm not in the market for one either.

 

[arberda2]

YPAO RSC multipoint is much much better than it used to be, is it as good as Audyssey MultEQ XT32? Not sure, there are differing opinions on that. Audyssey used to be a stand alone solution, that licensed it to manufactures, now its owned by Denon/Marantz soley and you won't find it anywhere else. The only thing I can say is just because something is more snaptube vidmate expensive, doesn't mean its automatically better.

 

[lovinthehd]

YPAO RSC multipoint is much much better than it used to be, is it as good as Audyssey MultEQ XT32? Not sure, there are differing opinions on that. Audyssey used to be a stand alone solution, that licensed it to manufactures, now its owned by Denon/Marantz soley and you won't find it anywhere else. The only thing I can say is just because something is more expensive, doesn't mean its automatically better.

Audyssey isn't owned by D&M/Sound United last I saw, altho Chris K did take on some investors IIRC, you have some links to show Sound United bought it? They focus on other than avr/pre-pros these days, too. It may not be licensed by any other major avr brands currently, Onkyo/Integra went to their own AccuEQ after dropping Audyssey a few years back, but some of the boutique brands continued to use it after that. I'd think it's still available for licensing if you were in a position to need it. Love to see a comparison to the latest YPAO iterations (particularly in Yamaha's newest Aventage avrs) compared to XT32, particularly for sub integration, tho.