Both are GREAT receivers as far as CONNECTIVITY goes...But Sony is KNOWN for NOT having a decent AMPLIFIER section...The Marantz is going to have a MUCH better power supply in it...This will make your audio output SO MUCH cleaner than the Sony. But y...
Well.... Over the years, Marantz has been the good amp for Bass/Midrange and has a good "reserve" of power...... Yamaha has been designed more for High Frequency response. So.....what do you like in YOUR sound? More BASS or More Hi Frequency?? I like...
We talked about this before...And I can HONESTLY tell you that the KENWOOD has a WORSE power supply in it than that Sony you're looking at AND lacks the CONNECTIVITY that Sony and Marantz offer...(by "connectivity" I mean how many INPUTS and OUTPUTS ...