I received my Marantz AV 7706 back from Marantz 3 days ago after being away for just over 5 months. No mention of what was done.
As many of you will know this unit was replaced in my AV room by a Marantz AV 10, that I am very pleased with. It is superb.
So yesterday and today, I installed the 7706 in my 2.1 family room system. I swapped it for a much older Marantz AV7701.
So far so good. I did not keep serial numbers but I had to load all new software which took a long time and set up from scratch, which I would have to have done anyway, as they are such different systems.
I had one snag. Even though I was careful the left channel was missing from the Quad 34 preamp, which I like for LP playback in particular. It turned out to be a bad cable from the Quad 34 to the 7706. It was a "good quality' one allegedly. In my opinion cable quality has an inverse relationship to cable cost! I have never had a cheapo RCA cable fail, but I have the higher priced ones.
Anyhow, no hum so far, but it has not been on for an extended period. I am not certain it is the original units, as I did not keep the serial numbers. But there is no sign that the case screws have seen a screwdriver.
So, it is a cold rainy day, with a temp of 39F. So I am now sitting enjoying one of my favorite LPs, by the fire.
It sounds wonderful. Those speakers were loved by my late friend fill, which caused him to replace his speakers, but he still always prefered these.
