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Review on πŸ”Š Enhanced PM6007 Integrated Amplifier by Marantz with Advanced Digital Connectivity by Jeong Hoon (Kim) ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I like the product, the quality didn't let me down.

To be honest, when buying this device, I thought that I was buying an integrated amplifier, but in fact I turned out to be the owner of an excellent sennheiser hd558 headphone amplifier, for which I still have to buy an external phono stage in order to listen to vinyl. And yet, instead of a useless button for switching the filter slope, it would be better if they made it possible to turn off the stunted final amplifier so that it does not heat up and does not consume expensive electricity.

Pros
  • The amplifier perfectly plays all musical genres and rock music and metal on headphones, but only with an external equalizer. The sound of this device is very emotional, dynamic, rhythmic, unlike previous models. It is written on the Internet that the PM7000N is also made in this new sound concept. Maybe that's why I liked it more than the PM8006 which has an old school sound. And interestingly, in terms of price / quality ratio, this device is much better than PM8006. I would like to change this amplifier only for the PM7000N, but it only has two pairs of screw terminals for the speakers, which does not suit me.
Cons
  • The amplifier absolutely cannot play without an external equalizer. And even with an equalizer, not all musical genres can play on the speakers. For example, it is impossible to listen to my favorite progressive art rock on the speakers, since half of the music is simply absent from the word at all. More or less tolerably, you can only listen to pop music and some kind of chill-out relaxation. Diana Kroll sounds pretty nice, but simplistic and heavy. She seems to be pressed to the ground and does not float in the air. The main problem is that nasty lisping sibilants from the vocals go to the speakers. And if you remove them with an equalizer at a frequency of 6 kHz, then the music disappears, which will not be enough anyway. Due to the lack of detail, the overall sound is somewhat cardboard, very noticeable if you turn up the volume in the hope of hearing the necessary details and nuances. The performance of vinyl with a built-in phono stage on it resembles the sound of a gramophone in the absence of low and high frequencies. Instead of sonorous, juicy plates, it gives out something obscene, lisping pooh-pooh.

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