What Hi Fi Sound and Vision
17 APR 2007
Marantz DV7001
Reports of DVD’s demise have been greatly exaggerated – this is real quality from Marantz
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Upscaling DVD to 1080p, the DV7001 delivers a vivid, detailed picture with smooth edges and minimal noise. It handles contrasts well, revealing detail in bright whites or inky blacks (even if they appear in the same frame) and doggedly tracks motion.
Skintones are stable and natural, textures of all kinds revealed in their entirety. Only the slightest hint of over-enthusiasm in red/orange tones stops the Marantz from notching up a flawless scorecard.
Music and movie sound fares even better
Where the DV7001 undeniably excels is with audio. With movies, it offers low-end grunt, grip and variance, poised and natural voices, and a crisply attacking top end. It creates a large soundstage, where effects big and small are well-defined.
Multichannel music discs – and only to a slightly lesser extent CDs – also flourish. If we had £600 to spend on a universal disc player today, we would buy this excellent Marantz.
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