Guest Peimad Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 Hi, I have a Marantz SR9600 receiver I purchased quite a few years back. It was second hand when I purchased it, but lately it's been sitting in my garage doing nothing for the past year. It doesn't fit in to my current TV cabinet, and I am quite happy with the Denon AV receiver I have now......also no 4k support, so I have come to the decision I should probably sell it. I know this unit was the "ducks nuts" in it's day and was worth quite a bit, and I also paid a small fortune for it years ago second hand.....I have no idea what it would be worth in today's market considering new formats and 4k. I would be grateful for some advise on a sell price today......or would it be just worth keeping as a "back up".....or rather large bedroom amp! With its 25kg weight, it'd make a great boat anchor!! Lol Thanks
Wimbo Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 Trade it in on something new you need mate. Otherwise, put it on here for a couple of hundred bucks. IMO all its worth. Where I use to work, we would trade in old A/V receivers all the time and couldnt sell them. They were a pain in the ass. We always wrote back the sale.
Guest Peimad Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 Thanks for the reply......yeh, that's pretty much what I thought. Reckon i'll hang on it it, it has a sweet sound so probably just use it as a Stereo amp in the bedroom Cheers
JohnL Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 Why does 4K matter? No need to pass video through AVR's these days as most players (hopefully yours too) have dual HDMI outputs.
gat474 Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 As I recall the 9600 was the top of the range Marantz receiver, might have been in the days prior to HDMI. A quick google reveals they were around $8000 back in 2006 so pretty big money. Marantz put alot of effort into making it work both as HT and in two channel at which it apparently excelled.
Guest Peimad Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 I'm wouldn't be worried about the 4k either.....just thought it may devalue it as a second hand unit. gat474 - oh yeh, they were worth a tonne of money, and even as a stereo unit sounds beautiful.....it's just too big from my cabinet It has 2 1080p HDMI inputs witch is enough for me.....it would be a regretful sale I can assure u. I hate seeing it sitting there doing nothing. Lol
Mickstuh Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 I had a Marantz SR9600. I also had a Marantz MM7055 5-channel power amp, which was very good. The SR9600 was definitely better. Two more channels of course, but simply better sound. The SR9600 is top notch. When the internal lights on my unit failed I simply used the seven-channel analog in to use it as a power amp. The posters above are correct: home theatre gear devaluates much more quickly than stereo gear, because new features are always being added, and no-one wants to buy an outdated mid-range AVR. But good amplification is always good amplification, and this unit could be more attractive to someone who just wants that.
Guest Peimad Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 8 minutes ago, Mickstuh said: I had a Marantz SR9600. I also had a Marantz MM7055 5-channel power amp, which was very good. The SR9600 was definitely better. Two more channels of course, but simply better sound. The SR9600 is top notch. When the internal lights on my unit failed I simply used the seven-channel analog in to use it as a power amp. The posters above are correct: home theatre gear devaluates much more quickly than stereo gear, because new features are always being added, and no-one wants to buy an outdated mid-range AVR. But good amplification is always good amplification, and this unit could be more attractive to someone who just wants that. Thank mate....it has a great sound. Even though it's the size of a boat, i'm seriously thing bedroom amp (2 channel).....
Henry Dao Posted October 31, 2019 Posted October 31, 2019 On 28/01/2019 at 8:47 PM, Peimad said: Hi, I have a Marantz SR9600 receiver I purchased quite a few years back. It was second hand when I purchased it, but lately it's been sitting in my garage doing nothing for the past year. It doesn't fit in to my current TV cabinet, and I am quite happy with the Denon AV receiver I have now......also no 4k support, so I have come to the decision I should probably sell it. I know this unit was the "ducks nuts" in it's day and was worth quite a bit, and I also paid a small fortune for it years ago second hand.....I have no idea what it would be worth in today's market considering new formats and 4k. I would be grateful for some advise on a sell price today......or would it be just worth keeping as a "back up".....or rather large bedroom amp! With its 25kg weight, it'd make a great boat anchor!! Lol Thanks Hi,do you still keep it and want to sell?? Many thanks
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