Gentlemen, it seems a majority of the members do not want to agree that a Marantz CD Player could be beaten.
Actually Venkatcr, the majority of members seem to accept the fact that the Emotiva performed better than the Marantz. There are only a few members who seem to have a problem since we used an AVR instead of a stereo amp. They don't realize the fact that the Onkyo 876 AVR has enough muscle and finesse to beat the pants off many stereo amplifiers. As mentioned by me earlier, I will post a comparison of an established amp like Marantz PM6003/8003 against the Onkyo 876 by pulling out results of performance tests by professional reviewers.
However, it will be good to test the same CD players against more resolving and high end equipment as demanded by those members - equipment that I apparently do not possess in my setup.
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