Marantz vs. Denon

[garak]

Originally Posted by style

Hallo garak,

(world is not so big he?!

Yes, the cdp pr cdt 300 is sure the big one...(now you can have one player with a special price if you have buyed the ssp800 --> Classe make a extra 25% discount

I have read from msm (htguide): he say that the cdp/t 300 is not so special??
but i think can replace my Denon3930 without problem and same the ssp800 will work fine.

Yes, at today i have a Sony s300 ONLY for blueray. the Denon 3930 for dvd standard and cd music plus Toshiba HDEX1...
the Sony S550 will be used ONLY for the bluray disc and the Classe for SD and cd music...

Marantz and Denon are from the same brand and I thnk too like BIslander:
Denon 3800BDCI and Marantz BP-8002 are essentially the same player.

But the Marantz have my preferenz....

Style

Yes, small world.

I couldn't resist the 25% discount either. Instead, I bought the CDP-102, which I should receive tomorrow. I decided on the CDP-102 because I use my system for music 80% of the time. If you decide on the CDT-300, I think it should be equal to the Denon 3930.

Since this player is going to be a blu-ray player only, then I would try to find a dealer where you can compare blu-ray playback between the Marantz and the Sony. The only thing you need to compare is video quality. Audio should be identical because your SSP-800 will do all of the audio processing.

Also do you care about BD-Live? The Marantz is not capable of BD-Live, but the Sony is.