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Post by enricoclaudio on Feb 18, 2018 20:38:19 GMT -5
Back on April 2017 I had a Marantz SR7008 + Parasound P5 combo for about two years and I loved it. I just can't stand on Audyssey for 2 ch music so I got the P5 for 2.2 music listening only. Then last year on May I decided to get the XMC-1 and as soon I turned it ON I knew that the P5 was out of the chain for good. Sold the P5 and the Marantz SR7008 and still enjoying like day one my XMC-1. I did an A/B test with the Prasound P5 and the XMC-1 on Preset 1 and they sounded to me almost identical. Very hard to tell any difference. Then after running Dirac, music sounds even better. Not sure of your math. April, 2017 is less than 1 year ago. April 2018 has not occurred yet on Earth.................................. Back in April 2017 I had that combo (Marantz SR7008 + Parasound P5). I did purchase the Marantz SR7008 on July 2013 and the Parasound P5 on April 2014 so I used that combo for 3 years, not 2 years. Then on May 2017 I did purchase the XMC-1 and sold the Marantz SR7008 and the Parasound P5. Clear? 2014 Rack 2018 Rack
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Post by thezone on Feb 18, 2018 22:46:22 GMT -5
As far as SQ goes there's no denying the XMC-1 is one of the best sounding I've heard but as far as reliability goes its a pig. Mine has been nothing but trouble and now after having the entire main board replaced under warranty I have to take it back again as its exhibiting the same behavior. So how much do you have to spend to ship it back x 2? Lucky for me there is a service repair center in my town but its still a 90 minute return trip.
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