I've just upgraded from my old denon avr 4520ci to the marantz av10 and amp10 and I have questions I'm hoping someone may be able to answer. I'm currently running 9.3.2 but will be adding in ceiling speakers within the month to go full 9.3.6.
My questions mainly are about the amp10.
When connecting the speakers I have connected channel 1 as front left but then I connected channel 2 to say the surround back right. I did this so it's unlikely channel 1 and 2 that I hear share power will be active at the same time allowing greater pull of power to that channel. Does this affect the imagining in stereo mode or put strain on the amp being different loads?
Secondly I've noticed especially on the floor standers that at all levels there is a slight static/ white noise coming from them. I don't remember that from my old denon. Now while I'm just being picky and honestly it's not obtrusive and cannot be heard unless you put your ear right up to the tweeter I just wanted to see if this is normal.
One last question about Dirac. I'm waiting for my inceiling speakers to be fitted before I calibrate using Dirac and wondered if anyone could describe how much better if would be?
System:
Marantz Av10
Marantz Amp10
Focal 836v Fronts
Focal 800c Centre
Focal 816v Surroumd backs
Focal sr800 Front height
Focal sr800 Front wide
Focal sr800 surround
3 x Focal 800 subs in FL/FR/Rear
4x Focal 300 ICA6 inceiling being fitting in 2 weeks.
Simon
I would just keep it simple and not worry which speakers you connect to which terminals. There is only one power supply and the unit is only 200 watt per channel, two channels driven.
There is one power supply, so if that fails all channels go down. The amps are arranged in pairs on each board, but they are discrete on the boards.
This is not the sort of unit that would tempt me, as you could easily lose all amps in one point of failure on the power supply board.
I just had a five year old Marantz 7705 AVP fail after five years. Turns out there are no parts available after phoning two authorized repair centers. So I bought a 7706, my dealer was good to me a gave me close to a $1000.00 discount. So, this sought of attitude to service is not good enough.
I use just two channel amp, nine of them for 18 amp channels. They are all Quad.
I would personally not risk 14G on an amp 10 and AV10. For that money there should be cast iron guarantee of service for at least 15 years or replacement with current model.
