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"Professional" Marantz PMD340 CD Player
I have recently seen the "Professional" Marantz PMD340 CD player advertised,
and I noticed that it incorporates balanced XLR outputs, which not even the very expensive "high-end" consumer Marantz CD players do. Hence I am wondering how this "Professional" Marantz CD player sounds compared to the very expensive Marantz "Consumer" models? I do not have any Marantz professional dealers nearby so I cannot listen to the player, but I wonder if anyone reading this might have heard, or perhaps even own, this CD player? Thanks in advance for your comments. |
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"Professional" Marantz PMD340 CD Player
Peter wrote:
I have recently seen the "Professional" Marantz PMD340 CD player advertised, and I noticed that it incorporates balanced XLR outputs, which not even the very expensive "high-end" consumer Marantz CD players do. Right, because the consumer equipment is intended to go into consumer amps and preamps which have only unbalanced line. Hence I am wondering how this "Professional" Marantz CD player sounds compared to the very expensive Marantz "Consumer" models? Probably not as good, since it has all that additional buffering electronics in it to make it more rugged and have better noise rejection. But if you use outboard converters (and you should if you care about sound quality), it won't make any difference. I do not have any Marantz professional dealers nearby so I cannot listen to the player, but I wonder if anyone reading this might have heard, or perhaps even own, this CD player? I installed one in a shipboard installation. It was great, but since it was going through 8" fullrange speakers it's hard to tell how it sounds. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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