Marantz new receiver to stream music and video.

[stratman]

The AV8003 features 8x150 watt amplifier with a tuner/preamp/processor, it has a built-in digital media player that will allow you to stream audio and high defenition video via Ethernet port from a networked PC or an NAS (Network Attached Storage) device. The device decodes multiple A/V codecs, but it isn't clear if it will stream protected audio and video content from a PC. It supports XM radio, HDMI 1.3a Deep Color, 1080-p upscaling and all surround codecs approved for use in Bluray and HD DVD.

If it does work as advertised this can double as a media library controller, it's slated to be released in May. No price was given but figure about $2200 msrp.

 

[bandphan]

The AV8003 features 8x150 watt amplifier with a tuner/preamp/processor, it has a built-in digital media player that will allow you to stream audio and high defenition video via Ethernet port from a networked PC or an NAS (Network Attached Storage) device. The device decodes multiple A/V codecs, but it isn't clear if it will stream protected audio and video content from a PC. It supports XM radio, HDMI 1.3a Deep Color, 1080-p upscaling and all surround codecs approved for use in Bluray and HD DVD.

If it does work as advertised this can double as a media library controller, it's slated to be released in May. No price was given but figure about $2200 msrp.

sounds cool, hopefully it has the ability to feed out to the lan

 

[stratman]

Supposedly it does, but as you know we'll have to wait and see, sometimes what's advertised is not what you get.

 

[fmw]

To me the key question is does the receiver control the streaming activity or does the owner need to do it from the computer? I like this kind of capability but I would want to control it from the listening couch, not the computer room.

 

[AVRat]

The AV8003 is actually a pre/pro and the MM8003 is the new amp. I posted about these units previously here: http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39700