Recent content by Jazzy Jeff

Hi Wayne, thanks for chiming in - I had read your excellent review of the NAD and asked for you to weigh in on my decision back on Dec. 11, before I made my purchase. Your comment brings up two questions for me - 1) How is it that I bought a Rotel 5.1 receiver almost 14 years ago, it had no room...

Hi all, I've been living with my new SR7012 AVR for a couple of weeks now and am pretty happy. I have been mostly using it to listen to Stereo Music. At first out of the box, I thought the sound was fair, a bit muddy with no real clear soundstage. I started to worry about my choice. Then I ran...

Let's hope I don't have the same experience as your client when I hook up the Marantz to my system. My B&W speakers sound amazing with the Rotel AVR that the Marantz is replacing!

Hi Matthew, Just to be clearer on a couple of points - I knew that Airplay2 was coming in an update on the NAD, but could find no info whether or not this had happened yet, or when it was going to. Same for the DTS:X. I think your last point about the 777 being more competitive with the SR7012...

There really were many features that swayed me to the Marantz that the NAD does not have - the DTS:X, the Auro 3D and 2D, a phono input, built in wifi and bluetooth as opposed to a add on dongle, video upscaling, Airplay2, ease of setup, a 3 year warranty vs. a 2 year warranty. I found the user...

Thanks for all your advice guys. I finally pulled the trigger on the SR7012, and it will be in my possession in a couple of days. In the end, I couldn't pass up the extensive feature set it has to offer, as well as easy setup, for what seems like small performance gains I might experience with...

So, to answer your question Todd, I am somewhat technically inclined, but far from an expert. I have had some concerns about the NAD setup, and not only does Matthew mention the difficulty of set up, Mark Fleishman in Sound and Vision magazine mentioned his difficulty in setting up the NAD - he...

Thanks Todd, lots to think about, I keep flipping back and forth, but good to be doing so between two great choices. It would be great to get Wayne's thoughts on this too!

Hello - First time posting, anything - anywhere! I am about to update my AVR, as I have bought a new 4K TV (LG C8 OLED 65"). I am currently running a Rotel RSX-1056 into a 5.1 Surround system with B&W speakers - CM9 S2 Main speakers, DS6 Surround Speakers, CMC Center Speaker and ASW600...