Marantz AV7005 Preamplifier Processor
The Marantz AV7005 preamplifier processor proves beyond any doubt that less is more. No, you won’t find an amplifier inside its rugged chassis. Instead, you’ll find performance standards well beyond those expected by even the most demanding home theater connoisseur. Carefully designed circuit boards take full advantage of a preamp/processor’s superior thermal environment. Both balanced and single-ended outputs mean you can select the amplifiers that best fit your needs. The AV7005 brings you the flexibility and connectivity you need to enjoy all the sources today’s A/V world makes possible.
And the AV7005 preamplifier processor is a Marantz. That’s the strongest indication of the audio and video excellence you’ll soon enjoy.
The Preamp Processor Advantage
Delegating the amplification duties to a separate component allows the AV7005 to keep a healthy distance between noise-inducing high voltage/high current circuits and sensitive low-level circuits. This means that the radio frequency and electromagnetic interferences that must be tamed in a receiver simply don’t exist in a pre/pro, or are reduced by several orders of magnitude. The result is less distortion and less signal degradation in general.
Elegant Design
Aesthetically, the Marantz AV7005 is a sophisticated – and totally successful – exercise in minimalist design. At first glance, you’ll see just two knobs, the iconic Marantz porthole-style display, and a smaller On/Standby button. Naturally, this elegantly simple front panel integrates with any décor.
But don’t mistake the AV7005’s true personality. Look closely at the centered display first used on the Marantz Model 9 power amplifier. It provides an “at a glance” status check on input selection and gain setting. Immediately under this display, a drop-down door hides a vacuum fluorescent display, as well as secondary controls and connectors.
Expansive Yet Compact
Barely 16” deep from front panel controls to rear panel connectors, the AV7005 fits where other preamp/processors often can’t – on a shelf or in a custom cabinet, and can be rack mounted using the optional rack mount kit RMK8003AV.
Audio quality
The AV7005’s audio circuitry includes our proprietary HDAM (Hyper-Dynamic Amplifier Module) circuits and Current Feedback topology.
Even vinyl aficionados will welcome the AV7005 as it includes a highly musical MM phono input implemented with the same current feedback technology that provides seamless octave-to-octave tonal balance for line-level inputs.
HDAM
HDAMs combine the short signal path advantages of ICs (integrated circuits) and opamps (operational amplifiers) with the superior sound quality of separate circuit components. Because HDAMs are discrete designs, Marantz engineers are free to choose the parts best able to preserve the sonic details of your favorite sources.
Current Feedback
Current feedback circuits usually exhibit faster rise and fall times and higher slew rates than their voltage feedback cousins. (Think of rise and fall times as an automobile’s acceleration and braking capabilities respectively. Slew rate is analogous to a car’s cornering ability.)
As a consequence, current feedback designs track rapid sonic changes more accurately and thus sound more natural.
M-DAX – Makes you iPod and MP3 Files Sound Better
Marantz’s M-DAX 2, an updated and refined version of the original Marantz Dynamic Audio eXpander, calculates just the amount of high frequency information typical file compression formats remove – and then restores it so you enjoy full fidelity when playing back MP3 or WMA music files.
Connectivity
The AV7005 makes your home entertainment world far, far larger than you imagined. In addition to conventional sources such as Blu-ray players and set-top cable/satellite boxes, the AV7005 preamp/processor gives you easy ways to listen to the music you’ve already stored on an iPhone or other portable music player, show your photos on the big screen, stream audio from a wide variety of sources, and enjoy music from your Bluetooth-enabled devices wirelessly with the optional RX101 module.
DLNA
The AV7005’s Ethernet connection is DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) 1.5 and Windows 7 compliant. This means it’s easier for you access and enjoy digital music from your PC.
Streaming Media
Access the world of Internet streamed media through various user interfaces and software. Choose from 1000s of Internet radio stations with vTuner. Listen to your favorite music through Rhapsody, Napster, and Pandora. Share photos with Flickr. In other words, connect!
Bluetooth Wireless Audio (with optional RX101)
Enjoy the world of wireless audio the AV7005. Just plug the optional RX101 Bluetooth module into the AV7005’s rear panel M-XPort connector and enjoy traditional Marantz sound quality from your favorite Bluetooth-capable sources such as iPod, iPad and smart-phones.
Surround Sound Processing
The AV7005 handles all of today’s most advanced surround sound formats. You’ll find a full roster of Dolby technologies such as TrueHD, Digital Plus, Pro Logic IIz, IIx, II, Virtual Speaker, and Dolby Headphone. From dts, we’ve included HD Master Audio, High Resolution Audio, ES Discete6.1, Matrix6.1, Neo:6, 96/24, Express, and Neural Surround. Regardless of the audio format chosen by a content provider, the AV7005 will handle it.
Audyssey
In addition to these surround formats, you’ll also find Audyssey’s MultEQ XT Auto Calibration, MultEQ Pro for custom installations, Audyssey DSX, Dynamic Volume, and Dynamic EQ.
You can use the full array of Audyssey technologies to tame your room’s acoustic anomalies, preserve a source’s full dynamic impact even at low volumes, and compensate for those “too loud” commercials that often intrude on your listening and viewing pleasure.
The Audio/Video Connection Standard:
HDMI
(High Definition Multimedia Interface) has become the de facto standard for connecting components in today’s best home entertainment systems. The AV7005 fully supports the latest 1.4a version with six inputs (one on the front panel) and two outputs. You’ll enjoy the convenience of single-cable connections, the latest 3D technology, an Audio Return Channel, and Standby Pass-Through. In addition, HDMI 1.4a supports a host of other performance enhancements.
Video Features
Anchor Bay 10-bit Video Processor/Scaler
The ABT2015 10-bit processor, Anchor Bay’s fourth-generation video engine, provides exceptional performance including transcoding, deinterlacing, and scaling to give you the flexibility and convenience once restricted to video professionals.
Thanks to this processing power, you can now connect all your video sources, even legacy formats such as videotapes, and display their outputs via HDMI on your high definition TV.
User Interface
New color GUI/On-Screen Display
Easy selection. Easy customization. Easy operation. Those are the benefits of the AV7005’s new color GUI (Graphical User Interface)/On-Screen Display. Simplified yet comprehensive menu screens, liberal use of color, and consistent navigation commands make it easy to choose the performance parameters you want and integrate the AV7005 with the rest of your system.
Enjoy Your Favorite Music in More than One Room
For multi-zone operation, you can select different audio sources for Zones 2 and 3, even add a different composite or component video source for Zone 2. There are configurable 7.1 preamp outputs – both single-ended and balanced – as well as a second subwoofer output particularly useful in large rooms.
Tuner Features
With 56 AM/FM/HD tuner presets (eight stations in each of seven groups) you can memorize your favorite broadcasts, even those from the Internet, for easy and repeatable access.
The Marantz AV7005’s HD Radio allows you to access FM that sounds (almost) as good as CD and AM that often outperforms conventional FM.
Ready for satellite radio? So is the AV7005. Simply add a Sirius home docking station (and a subscription) for a wide variety of exclusive programming.
In Conclusion
The AV7005 delivers state of the art level of performance and flexibility that has distinguished Marantz products for more than 50 years.
Technology and tradition. These are Marantz trademarks and your assurance that the AV7005 will truly enlarge your world.
Marantz AV7005 Preamplifier Processor Peformance Features
AUDIO/VIDEO CONNECTIONS
- 7.1 Channel Dedicated Preamplifier
- AM/FM/HD Radio, Sirius-Ready Tuner
- 56Tuner Presets: Group A-G: each 8 channels
- 6 RCA Analog inputs
- 3 Optical, 2 Coaxial SPDIF Digital Inputs
- 4/1 HDMI ver.1.4a In/Out
- CEC (Control)
- ARC(Audio Return Channel)
- HDMI In Stand By
- Auto Lip Sync.
- Deep Color, x.v.Color
- Pass through in Standby mode
- 3/1 Component In / Out
- 4/1 Composite In / Out
- Assignable HDMI / Component inputs
- 3 audio zones and 2 video zones
- Headphone Out
ADVANCED CONNECTIONS
- Front USB input for digital iPod Connection
- Bluetooth Wireless Audio Transmission Capability
- External IR Receiver, DC Trigger supported
- RC-5 and RS232C supported
AUDIO/VIDEO PROCESSING
- ANALOG DEVICES: SHARC 32-bit Processor
- Dolby: True HD/Digital Plus&EX/Pro Logic IIz, IIx
- Dolby: II/Virtual Speaker/Headphone
- DTS: HD Master&High Res. Audio/ES/96/24/
- DTS: Discrete&Matrix6.1/Neo:6/Express
- DTS Neural Surround
- Multi Ch Stereo
- Audyssey MultEQ XT Auto Calibration w/ MIC
- Audyssey Dynamic EQ / Dynamic Volume
- 9 Band EQ, -20dB - +6dB
- Independent Crossover Setting for each speaker
- Lip-sync (digital audio delay) 0-200 msec
- Volume Control Setting: Limit, Power On Vol
- Mute Level, Display type(dB or 0-99)
- OSD output through HDMI
- Composite/Component to HDMI scaling up to 1080p
- HDMI to HDMI scaling
- Assignable HDMI, Component inputs
- OSD Overlay on HDMI Output
- Anchor Bay 10-bit Video Processing/Scaling
NETWORK FEATURES
- DLNA1.5 certified
- Stream audio and photos from all PC’s on home network
- vTuner Internet Radio w/ 14000 pre-loaded stations
- Stream audio and photos from Internet:
- Rhapsody
- Pandora
- Napster
USER CONFIGURABLE FEATURES
- Input Level Adjust
- Input Assign (Component In/Digital In)
- Input Rename
- Input Skip
- On Screen Display (TEXT)
- Display Status Info.
- Software Upgradable
- Flicker
- Ethernet port
- WEB Interface
- IP-based control, system backup/restore
MARANTZ AUDIO ADVANTAGE
- All-discrete, balanced preamplifier outputs
- Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Modules (HDAM)
- Ultra-Quiet, Linear Power Supply
- Copper Shielded EI Core Power Transformer
- Pure Direct / Source Direct
- M-DAX (Marantz Dynamic Audio eXpander)
- 192kHz/24-bit Audio DACS
GENERAL
- Power supply: AC 120 V, 60 Hz
- Power consumption: 60 W
- 0.2 W (Standby)
- 4.0 W (CEC standby)
- Maximum external dimensions: 440 (W) x 187 (H) x 395(D) mm
- Weight: 10.1 kg 10.1 kg
- Remote Control Unit (RC011SR)
- Batteries: R03/AAA Type (two batteries)
Marantz History
Saul Marantz founded the company Marantz, that bore his name in the early 1950s to build high fidelity components. Working with such audio engineers as Sidney Smith and Richard Sequerra, Marantz constructed a series of vacuum-tube components that became yardsticks for the hi-fi industry. With the advent of transistor technology in the early 1960s, Marantz and his associates developed the landmark Model 18 receiver, the first example of a stereo receiver combined with a preamplifier, power amplifier and tuner in one box. In 1964, he sold the company to Superscope, but remained with Marantz as president until 1968.
To continue the story, it is necessary to back track a bit, as it relates to Marantz' acquisition by Superscope. The Standard Radio Corporation was established in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan in 1953 manufacturing portable radios. In 1959 the company started manufacturing tape recorders. A new factory was built in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan in 1959 and this became the company's headquarters. In 1962 the company started manufacturing phonographs. With the acquisition of Marantz by Superscope in 1964, manufacturing of Marantz components gradually shifted to Japan, but design engineering remained in America for the time being.
In 1971, Standard Radio Corporation received third-party capitalization from Superscope of the U.S.A. In March of 1975, SRC changed its name to Marantz Japan, Inc. Superscope of the U.S.A. sold its shares of Marantz Japan to Philips of the Netherlands in 1980. Marantz manufactured its first Compact Disc player starting in 1982. Much if the Philips European design engineering made its way into the Marantz line of products, and the Marantz compact disc was one of the first proofs of this. Numerous improvements were made to the Sagamihara factory in the late 1980s. The magnificent PM-94 and PM-84 were manufactured at this time. These were a distinct break with the Philips-influenced integrated amplifiers of the mid-1980s, and a successful attempt at recapturing the legendary design and engineering that Marantz had become famous for.
In the late 1990s, Marantz reissued the legendary Model 7, 8 and 9 tube components and these were eagerly scooped up by audiophile collectors. These components were, in fact, engineered and manufactured by hand by the Valve Amplification Company of Durham, North Carolina. ( VAC is now located in Florida).
Then, in May of 2001, Marantz Japan, Inc. acquired the Marantz brand and its business in Europe and the USA from Philips. The company established Marantz divisions in the Netherlands, Germany, France and England. Marantz America, Inc. was organized in Los Angeles; the American division of Marantz had been headquartered in California for years. However, the offices were later moved to Itasca, Illinois. In 2002, Marantz merged with Denon and established a joint holding company, D & M Holdings, Inc. The Marantz and Denon product lines will remain separate and distinct.
