It has been a long while since we had a Marantz AVR in for review. The premium brand has taken something of a back seat while its parent company (previously Sound United, now Masimo) has instead focused on sending products from sister brand Denon out for review.
That makes sense to a degree. We review on a performance-per-pound basis and Denon products, though far from cheap, are performance-per-pound masters. Marantz products, though, tend to be priced a bit higher and have usually been styled to a degree that Denons have not.
