MARANTZ SR5001 XM Ready Surround Sound Receiver Review

Where do we start? How about value? This Marantz makes the upgrade path easy. You don’t have to settle for “commodity-grade” performance any longer. Instead, you’ll find advanced HDMI connectors and switching for your favorite A/V sources. Go on, take advantage of HDMI’s digital-quality performance and the single-cable connection convenience! For conventional display devices, the SR5001 boasts two component video outputs so you can still enjoy exceptional picture quality. And there’s an “upconverter” (or “transcoder”) that takes outputs from legacy video sources and improves them for enjoyment on today’s monitors. A Lip Synch adjustment makes sure that you hear dialog exactly when your eyes say you should — not with that unnatural delay you can experience with less-capable products. There’s a second zone audio output that lets you hear a different source in another area. And you can enjoy that convenience in mono or stereo, depending on the number of speakers you have in that bedroom, den, or kitchen. Of course, there’s an infrared input and a DC trigger output so you can use the SR5001 in a custom-configured system. And we haven’t forgotten space either. The new, shallow chassis goes almost anywhere. And makes this Marantz even easier to enjoy.