Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Mar 26, 2009 6:06 pm im looking at buying a second hand Marantz sr 8500, i'd like to know if anybody has one and what they think, what should i expect to pay for this amp being second hand. Regards Andrew Re: Marantz sr8500 any good&What should i expect to pay 2Mar 26, 2009 11:29 pm Hi Andrew1977au, I have a just over 1 year old Marantz SR7001 I am looking to move on. Would be willing to look at offers ... a quick hunt around will tell you what its worth. If you are in Melbourne I would be happy to demo it to you and offer a 6 month warranty with it. There are lots of reasons to buy this over an 8500 (HDMI is the big one, but also DOLBY TRUE HD and DTSHD...Upconverting of all signals to 1080P etc etc) [url]http://www.qualifi.com.au/index.jsp?referrer=72159§ion=brands&page=product_detail&product=53366[url][/url][/url] Cheers, Matt Re: Marantz sr8500 any good&What should i expect to pay 3Mar 26, 2009 11:53 pm Hey Matt, thanks for your reply, i did look at your amp in the forsale section, but i'm thinking it might be out of my price range, at this point in time i can only afford to spend $500-$600 on an amp, hence why i was looking at older models, i'd love to have something that supports proper hdmi! Regards Andrew Re: Marantz sr8500 any good&What should i expect to pay 4Mar 27, 2009 10:38 am Hi Andrew. How much did you think the SR-8500 would go for? Brand new (3 years ago) it was a $3500-$4000 RRP amp... If you can get one of those (if you aren't fussed about being able to do HDMI switching etc. and decode the new HD audio formats) for $500-$600 it could well be the audio bargain of the year! Re: Marantz sr8500 any good&What should i expect to pay 5Mar 27, 2009 2:10 pm Rod, I think this may be the offending item: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Marantz-SR-8500-7-1-DD-EX-DTS-ES-Surround-Receiver_W0QQitemZ170313209085QQihZ007QQcategoryZ79254QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Re: Marantz sr8500 any good&What should i expect to pay 6Mar 27, 2009 5:26 pm haha, thats the one, went for $782 so not bad really.....maybe i'll wait untill the end of the year and have another look around, hey matt those 461's, whats the difference between them and the 463? Andrew Re: Marantz sr8500 any good&What should i expect to pay 7Mar 27, 2009 7:51 pm HDMI Switch built in (no decoding) Re: Marantz sr8500 any good&What should i expect to pay 8Mar 27, 2009 8:47 pm nah... save you bickies and get the Sr-7002..... damn nice unit.........I am more than happy with it.... Be even happier once I get a fix for my HTPC not passing through the SPDIF optical..... Computers!!!!! Who'd have'm??????? Gav & Vanessa Building In Melbourne (Sth East Suburbs) http://www.arkraider.blogspot.com/ Rawdon Hill Construction - Canterbury Heritage Re: Marantz sr8500 any good&What should i expect to pay 9Mar 28, 2009 10:20 am The SR-8500 didn't have HDMI In/out - they were DVI connections... Re: Marantz sr8500 any good&What should i expect to pay 10Mar 29, 2009 11:28 am arkraider nah... save you bickies and get the Sr-7002..... damn nice unit.........I am more than happy with it.... Be even happier once I get a fix for my HTPC not passing through the SPDIF optical..... Computers!!!!! Who'd have'm??????? Hi arkraider, was looking through your blogspot did they use water proof plasterboard in your ensuite shower looks same colour as std ??? Sorry for change of subject must also be water proofed?? Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20413 i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16007 hey there! π so, itβs kinda common for standard drawer depths to be around 500mm since most cabinets use this size to fit the usual runners… 3 20909 |