Marantz 7005 vs Integra 80.2 pre/pro

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mclsound

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Marantz 7005 vs Integra 80.2 pre/pro
« on: 24 Jan 2012, 02:13 pm »
I am shopping and can get a new 7005 for the same price as the 80.2 and now that they are out is there any real world opinions here.I do have the Marantz UD9004 that will match the 7005 but is the 80.2 all around better?
thanks john

slovell1

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Re: Marantz 7005 vs Integra 80.2 pre/pro
« Reply #1 on: 18 Feb 2012, 07:27 pm »
I've had the AV-7005 for about a year now and I'm happy with it. Its got a lot of features that I presently don't use. I will say that it sounds very good in two channel for music and the headphone section is not bad either. It's definitely a keeper in it's home theater configuration. Can't comment on the Integra as I haven't heard it.
Regards, Sam   8)

Tubo

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Re: Marantz 7005 vs Integra 80.2 pre/pro
« Reply #2 on: 18 Feb 2012, 08:10 pm »
I have the Integra 80.3, which is like the 80.2 with a few more features. It is excellent, for both movies and music.

I have not heard the Marantz 7005. However, according to spec listings on the Audyssey site, the 80.2 has Audyssey MultEQ XT32 whereas the 7005 has Audyssey MultEQ XT, a step down. XT32 has 32 times the filter resolution for the satellites compared to XT, and 4 times the filter resolution for the subwoofer. For that reason alone I would choose the 80.2.

The following link has a comparison chart for the different flavors of Audyssey:

http://www.audyssey.com/audio-technology/multeq