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MarantzCINEMA 70s

amplifier

New retail price (MSRP)

$1,199

Used market: $865*

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Specifications

2 of 7 values have a recorded source
Amp type
7.1 AV Receiver·
Channels
7·
Speaker outputs
·
Power output per channel
50 W into 8 Ω, 20 Hz–20 kHz, 0.08% THD✓
Minimum supported impedance
4✓
Release year
2022·
Indexable Locales
en·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Headroom notes

50 W + 50 W into 8 ohms, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 0.08 % THD. The 70 W figure that appears in most listings is 6 ohms at 1 kHz and 0.7 % THD. This is a 110 mm-tall slim chassis with seven channels in it: the modest honest rating is a consequence of the enclosure, not of a weak design, and it is the reason a 50 W-per-channel receiver still needs low-sensitivity speakers to be kept away from it.

Thermal behavior

Output connectors are rated 4 - 16 ohms in the same specification block as the power figures.

Setups using this gear

DALI Oberon 1 with a Marantz Cinema 70s: the green verdict rests on a number DALI never published

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~72% retained value).