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Marantz PM-11S1 Reference Integrated Amplifier

Performance Rating:(5.0 out of 5)
Value Rating:(3.5 out of 5)


MSRP: $4399

Review date: Jun 14, 2007

I drive a simple vehicle. It's a 2003 Jeep Liberty and I like it a lot. If I were offered the opportunity, however, to test drive a Hummer or Porsche Carrera - I'd do it in a heartbeat. Why? Because I'm not likely to fork out that kind of money in my lifetime and it's occasionally nice to see "how the other guy lives". The Marantz PM-11S1 is my Porsche Carrera this month. At a price tag of over $4k I'm not going to be able to afford to keep this baby in my reference system for long, but it is a superb machine with all the styling of a European sports car. It's the kind of product you don't want to leave fingerprints on and will find yourself taking extra time to install it into your system - not because it can't be manhandled or take the abuse, but because - like a fine work of art - you don't want to diminish its beauty in any way.

ProsCons
  • Best-in-Class Performance
  • Elegant look and feel
  • Balanced inputs
  • Superb chassis and component shielding
  • Hi-end binding posts
  • Stereo and Bi-amp mode
  • Preamp outputs for expandability
  • Far exceeds its power spec
  • Not inexpensive
  • No DACs - analogue inputs only
  • Remote not backlit

Read Full Review @ Audioholics by Clint DeBoer




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