Marantz NEW Cinema 30 Flagship AVR is a BEAST! - Unboxing and Setup
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- Marantz NEW Cinema 30 Flagship AVR is a BEAST! - Unboxing and Setup
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I have the Marantz Cinema 50 and absolutely love it. I am also using the AC Infinity AIRCOM T10, Quiet Cooling Blower Fan System in which you recommend. It works as expected. Thank you so much. My home theater has never been more responsive and I owe it all to you. Thank you so much for your help and advice.
I did consider the Cinema 30, however I found it a little overkill for my application. Cinema 50 is fantastic for my 7.2 system
I’m so grateful to hear that I played a small part and helping you build your home theater
I have Marantz AV 10 pre prossesing some Mac amps, I’m a big fan of this preamp
I have had C30 for 2 months now and no regrets. Was planning to buy Denon x6800 but got new C30 with 27% discount it was a no brainer. Two channel stereo is excellent with wharfedale EVO4.4 speakers. Home cinema setup 7.1.6 (Auro) with an amplifier for the TC en TS channel, it does not disappoint.
Dang! Looking forward to your tests. Crank it tomorrow.....
You know that’s the plan! I’m finishing my video for tomorrow at 9am.
@@Youthman I'm an Arendal stan. I'm happy, jealous, a little angry and a little disappointed about this all at the same time. I have not seen these new Arendal towers yet, but I already know I want them.
...and I can't have them because I just bought the 1723 towers like a year and a half back (give or take 2 months).
I bought the 1723 towers because they were Arendal's biggest n' baddest...but now they ain't. :(
Thanks for this Michael. I am still enjoying my 6011 with added external amp. A 7.2.4 set up. What I found really cool was: during the room corrections, low and behold, IT FOUND a single rear height speaker I had wired in REVERSE polarity! So there is one other thing the older AVR does.
I believe I purchased this in 2015 and there were still updates coming in up to a few years back, talk about great support eh? Thanks again from one of your early subscribers 😉. (Marantz owner since the year QUAD was introduced = 4140 integrated and STILL owned.)
Hope everyone can purchase this entire product line with the best current economy ever in the USA.
These are definitely much more difficult, but it can be done.
My days when I used to buy new equipment are over. Now I’m just buying used gear 😏
That’s a great way to save a lot of money
I'm running the Cinema40 7.3.4 in my theater and love it , I think the Auro3-D up mixer is great. We even run our film projector with it.
I have the Cinema 40, actually my second one... I was trying to keep it under a budget and bought an open box from CF, but then I had issues with the GAME1 input not capable of 4k-120hz...
CF did a solid for me, and ended up giving me a brand new RX, in which does everything it's suppose to.... But it has a hard time switching inputs and get's stuck with no video output. In some cases, I can simply switch to a different input(no 120hz(Roku Ultra) and switch back and it'll come back to life, but other times, it requires unplugging the power cord to get it to come back. I "think" it just has a hard time with 120hz switching.
I'm curious as if you see anything similar with this RX?
Man, the new line from Arendal Sounds has me drooling...and a bit disappointed.
I just purchased a pair of their 1723 towers a little over a year ago, so I won't be able to justify purchasing the new Arendal product. ...and I SO want to purchase the new Arendal product.
All I've seen in regards to this new Arendal kit is the handful of "teasers" they have on their site...but I'd be ready to fully embrace the entire line based solely on that and the experience I've had owning other Arendal product.
I thought I had my endgame speakers. ugh. :(
I'm a 2-channel guy currently, but there's more than enough "overlap" between 2-channel & home theater to keep me interested.
EDIT: Figured I should mention the product that's actually shown here. Looks great. If I were a home theater guy, I'd be a lot more interested in Marantz than I am currently. I started with a whole rack full of their gear, but as I said...I'm a 2-channel guy. I replaced every single piece on my way to the equipment I have in my rack currently. I never intended this to be a hobby, but that's how it turned out. I thought I was going to get myself a Marantz preamp, a gigantic Marantz amp & some Arendal speakers and I would be done.
..but I wasn't done. I'm never gonna be done. The only thing I had in my system at the beginning that is still around....would be my Arendal 1723 towers. Everything else that I originally purchased when I first got this itch...is gone. Up to and including wiring and the actual rack itself.
I hope to eventually have a "nice" home theater setup in my living room, but I just can't afford both aspects of the hobby all at once. I basically feel that I'm ALMOST at that brick wall where performance vs price is all that remains. $1,000 usd extra for only slightly marginal "upgrades". I need a pair of fancier sealed subwoofers & a really nice stand alone EQ/tone control...and then I will be able to move into the living room.
Some day.....
i run an 50 cinema , svs ultra towers, ultra center , ultra bookshelves... and for an appartment thats more than enough for me now. not even running subs yes... so the 30 would push it even harder... nice nice yet im not upgrading yet... 2 presets 2 diffrent volumes i play at, works like a sharm for me ... i come from a older denon, so ja i like the new lineup ... and its not in your face too much...
If you keep the Marantz 30, I’d be happy to take that 4800 off your hands for my intro level HT receiver! 🎉😊
Dang excited to see what Arendal has in store sounds like a exciting speaker I’m a onkyo guy but no doubt that cinema 30 is legit
Got rooms too, main has Denon AVR-X3600H and other room I'm trying the Marantz SR-7015.
I had considered this receiver but I got the Anthem MRX-1140 instead.
Not watching.. Cuz I have no more. Money 😅😮.. But I will get the speakers Xmas gift to my self
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I've been without an AVR for half this year .. I've been getting use to my TV and 2ch sound at my desk while I figure things out.
These AVR are pretty nice.. even the closely competitive brands and models offer a lot these days ( when they work )
Oh man, that stinks. Hopefully you will get a new AVR soon for your setup.
Besides the cost of the unit and that it has built in power, is there a reason you would choose the Cinema 30 over the Marantz AV10? When does it make sense for folks to go with separates like the AV10 and amplifiers? I would also love to see a comparison between Audyssey and Dirac Live with the Marantz.
Separate provides you with more flexibility, especially if you have speakers with 90dB sensitivity or lower or if you have 4 ohm speakers. External amplifiers provide much more power than an AVR can provide.
Youthman - I hereby accuse you of making me drool! A grown man...drooling. LOL. Great content sir. Thank you!
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What about heat ? You place in that little place behind doors ? Marantz has history of getting hot ? No doubt I would love to have this one - but is a little pricy to my wallet yet 😎
Most AVR’s run hot. Always a good idea to install an AC Infinity fan to keep them cool.
Nice video walking through the unit and the OSD set-up. I'm interested in the Marantz Cinema line, but if I'm 100% going to run external amplification, is there any benefit of going to the Cinema 30 (or 40 or 50 etc.) in comparison to the Cinema 70? I'm running a 7.2 and will never likely run height speakers as my media room is open to the second story so my ceiling is a good 30' up. I'm leaning towards saving the money and just purchasing the 70 and put the difference into a new OLED tv, thoughts?
If you only plan on running 7.2 and not upgrading down the road to 9.2, 9.4 or 11.2 or 11.4, the other models will do great with external amplification.
Awesome! Love this unit, really considering the upgrade from the 8015.
Will this unit end up at Matt’s house for family room revision? Looking forward to next steps!
I had them send Matt one to test as well. He will likely purchase it.
Nice!
I, too, have the older version.
Are you changing your hdmi cables and wires with the new processor?
Also, I saw your vid on hdmi cables, and a few years ago, are you still running the same brand hdmi cables?
I'm looking for a good brand to run
I still have 1 Monoprice cable and a Ruipro cable that I have connected in my theater room. Both are coming out of the madVR Envy Extreme and are working well.
How could you compare this MARANZ Cinema 30 with DENON AVC-X8500HA, which one is better for home theater set-up ?
Denon is hard to listen after a little while. I've tested Sr8015, Denon 8500, A1 H, and the Cinema 30. Overall? Cinema 30 blows all of them. The SR8015 was also a beautiful unit.
Thanks, another great review 😀
The Arendahl Speakers probably aren't as GOOD as the RTJ Super Tower Speakers
Well if I remember correctly, the RTJ Tower of Power are $40K a pair, plus they have (4) 18’s and (8) 10” woofers. They are in a completely different category in size and price.
Beatyful amp , i have cinema 30👍👍
Na. !!!! .. MARANTE face look sont plastic for me.. and the soft sound with no high... Only 780w.. nope !
..so plastic...
I like it!
News that Massimo wants out from their Marantz/Denon acquisition two years ago is troubling. Agreed, the Cinema50 is awesome!
I’m ok with Masimo backing out. They are a medical company. Then Denon and Marantz can get back to doing what they do best.
@@Youthman Interesting to see how it all turns out and what the future holds. With its market share you would think that Denon/Marantz would take back ownership for itself? Seems the brands did well under Massimo (but not well enough for Massimo.)
Good machinery
Love your content 🔥😍
I know looks are subjective but I like it, its a little overpriced in my opinion though and believe it should ship with dirac included, especially as you get full dirac with onkyo rz 70 for half the price although maybe twice as ugly 🤣. Mind you Onkyo seem to be the only manufacturer offering Dirac included, so Marantz are by no means only company to blame for this. Hopefully another big manufacturer start offering this included and start kinda forcing others to follow🤞. We can only hope I guess.
I might be wrong but I believe I heard that Onkyo doesn’t include the full version of Dirac Live with Bass Control.
@@Youthman it is full bandwidth I should have said, but bass control for one sub only. If you want multi sub that's extra.
Well, at least they included full bandwidth.
My Denon A1H in 7.1.4 with front Bi-Amp are much better 👍😊
I’ve never heard a difference when bi-amping
@@Youthman I 've always heard 😁 mainly on stereo listening mode or even in Pure direct more '' tangible'' but on Dolby , meybe on High end speakers. Besides this , i don't like this new design of all series !!! Just looks cheap and little odd . Denon or Onkyo are best looking AVR's IMO .Yamaha new devices are just ugly 😜
Interesting, from the unboxing, to moving the speakers around in my living room, to seeing them up close and in person, there’s nothing about them that seems cheap to me. Definitely a lot of craftsmanship went into the design of this new series.
No front HDMI, well that's a deal breaker to me
Front HDMI definitely made it easier when setting up a miniDSP, but that was the only use I ever had for it. And once I set it up, I didn’t use it again.
Hey@@Youthman, I use the front HDMI to hook up my laptop to the TV. That way, I can use the TV like a computer monitor and play around with REW as well as other things.
I support removing the legacy composite/component video RCAs, but leave the HDMI where it belongs lol😅
Thinking more about updating to Onkyo...
It guarantees 70% @ 5 channels driven I think 🤔
Ah you are correct! Not sure why I was thinking that was all channels drive . Thx for the correction
Isn't that particular guarantee an "across the board" thing for Marantz when it comes to their multi-channel amplifiers? I remember hearing other audio reviewers mention an rms wattage guarantee for Marantz multi-channel amps & AVRs...but I don't remember the exact number.
@@dizzle1119 It uses a 730VA transformer so there is only around 500 usable watts on tap......
When my daughter’s older marantz unit died she bought into this newest line of marantz AVR’s.
Marantz is selling low end cheap stuff now. The feel is terrible, the small round window on the front is useless. The sound is lifeless without real punch or lifelike dynamics.
She paid a lot of money, too much money imho for what she got.
I’ve owned Marantz and come to think of it still have one of their AVR’s, it gets zero play time.
I also have a $3000 non repairable Marantz AV preamp in the garage boxed up taking up space.
Marantz, nah never again.