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I picked one of these up on eBay a couple of years ago initially to match my Marantz CD60 SE CD player and was pleasantly surprised by how good it sounded, it was easily better than other amps I'd had in the past in many ways. Although a simple design, there is even a moving coil cartridge phono option as well as the more usual moving magnet input and you can bi-wire your speakers very easily as there are 8 speaker binding posts. Plenty of power is on hand and the sound is very musical and balanced, you can literally listen all day with no fatigue. A Bargain!
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described by the tnt-audio critic as a clone of the pioneer a400 i had heard this amp before and liked the sound of it. where the pioneer goes for £100 on ebay i bought the marantz for £50 and i am extremely pleased with my purchase. i find that i am digging out old cd's and relistening, it has such a sweet, warm listenable style and i can see why it's so well rated in terms of high fidelity. the title track from steely dans aja album made total sense to me for the first time i was fully inside the sound picture, turning my attention from one instrument to another, and i could see the genius of the artist. after all its about being able to listen to the music and to enjoy. i have found a sound quality i am completely happy with and i need search no more. i am so glad i didnt have to spend a fortune to do so...Read full review