Marantz SR5004 Home Theater Receiver with 90 Watts (into 8 ohms) x 7 Channels

Marantz SR5004 Home Theater Receiver

The new Marantz SR5004 Surround Receiver is anything but conventional. Of course, it’s highly flexible. And thoroughly up-to-date. So it can function as a switching center for sophisticated home A/V systems, including yours. There’s video scaling, Bluetooth capability, high power, support for the latest surround formats, outputs for 10 (yes, 10!) speakers, and easy system integration. When you combine that with Marantz’s vaunted sound quality, you’ve got a receiver that redefines enjoyment. Were you expecting anything less? From Marantz? No way.
Basics count. Especially with Marantz. So the SR5004 Surround Sound Receiver begins where most so-called competitive products haven’t even gotten to yet – sound quality. That’s because of our 55+ year heritage in delivering fine audio performance.

Consider the Marantz SR5004’s seven-channel “in-line” amplifier. In addition to its voltage feedback configuration, the SR5004’s amp benefits from selected audiophile-grade components chosen only after carefully designed comparative listening tests. A substantial low-noise power supply based on an oversized EI-core transformer and low-ESR capacitors assure instantaneous current delivery for undistorted peak reproduction. Marantz engineers designed a totally separate audio circuit board to isolate sonics from the spurious radiation developed by video processors. Power is a substantial 90 watts/channel so you’ll enjoy dynamic reproduction of both music and soundtracks – all with the clarity that has long distinguished Marantz.

Getting that power to your speakers is easy with any type of cable as the SR5004 has screw terminals for nine speakers (plus a preamp output for your subwoofer).

The Marantz SR5004 presents a plethora of ways to enjoy this clarity. Dolby Pro Logic IIz adds height information for real dimensionality and immersion. Of course, internal Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio circuitry accurately decode high definition soundtracks from Blu-ray discs, thanks to an Aureus 250 MHz 32-bit floating point digital signal processor.

Audyssey Dynamic EQ brings loudness compensation curves into the digital era to insure that you’re listening to the same bass-to-treble tonal balance intended by the original artists. And it does so regardless of your listening volume!

Another Audyssey technology, Dynamic Volume, lets you enjoy a variety of sources without the need to turn down the volume when a commercial comes on – and turning it up again when your program resumes. And MultiEQ auto setup lets you automatically calibrate your listening room/speaker combination so you and others can listen to the most accurate and convincing soundfield possible.

M-DAX, Marantz’s Dynamic Audio eXpander, restores the often-missing high frequencies to compressed audio sources by analyzing input signals and applying proprietary Marantz algorithms to produce eminently enjoyable results.

For the “completely connected,” Marantz’s M-Xport feature offers Bluetooth capability. Simply add the optional RX101 Bluetooth adaptor to your SR5004 and you’re ready to play the music you’ve collected on any Bluetooth-enabled portable device (your iPhone, iTouch, or PDA for example) through your home theater system. Bluetooth’s real beauty is that you can do this wirelessly so you don’t need a separate device dock! And the RX101 doubles as an IR (infrared) receiver so you can place all your components out of sight and still maintain full remote control.

On the video side, the SR5004 boasts full 1.3 HDMI connectivity with three inputs and one output. So you can connect your HDMI sources through the SR5004 to a single high definition screen for full resolution viewing. Transcoding from analog to digital followed by video scaling to 1080p lets you view your favorite analog video sources on that same screen for even more engaging viewing.

The Marantz SR5004 carries simplicity to high levels, too. The new color GUI screens make system setup easy to understand and even easier to accomplish. The connections help, too. Instead of a mind-numbing array of little-used and even-less-understood jacks, you’ll find simplified choices that include, for example, a front-panel S-Video input, one component video input, and a TOSlink digital connection.

There are more choices for radio, too. Rear panel connectors let you add your choice of Sirius or XM satellite tuners so you can enjoy the same programming at home or on the road.

A detachable AC cord, RS232C and IR flasher inputs, and DC trigger outputs let you install the SR5004 almost anywhere. A full-function hand-held controller with full BD command codes completes this remarkable combination of capabilities, conveniences, and commanding sonic presence. That’s only as it should be. After all, the SR5004 Surround Receiver is a Marantz.

Features

• MX-Port for Option RX101 Bluetooth/IR Receiver
  
• Dolby TrueHD/Pro Logic IIz, dts-HD Master Audio Decoder
  
• Audyssey Dynamic EQ, Dynamic Volume and MultEQ Auto Calibration
  
• Sophisticated aluminum/reinforced resin front panel
  
• HDMI (v1.3) Repeating: 3-In/1-Out
  
• Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Setup
  
• GUI through HDMI out
  
• 90 watts (into 8 ohms) x 7 ch Amps
  
• Analog, Digital Independent PWBs design to minimize mutual interference
  
• Full 10 bit Video Processing
  
• M-DAX(Marantz Dynamic Audio eXpander)
  
• 2nd Zone Analog audio output (Individual source) w/discrete command
  
• 3rd Zone Digital audio output (for Digital input source)
  
• SIRIUS & XM Ready with discrete IR commands
  
• Bi-Amp Drive Capability for Front L/R
  
• RS-232C, DC Trigger out, Flasher In and Marantz D-
• BUS (RC-5) In/Out
  
• Learning Backlight system remote
  
• Available Option Rack Mount Kit RMK6504SR

SR5004-Manual.pdf

SR5004-Brochure.pdf

Marantz History

Saul Marantz founded the company 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 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.