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Features Benefits
Innovative 32-bit Digital Signal Processing with DD-EX,
DTS-ES and DPL IIx
Wide range full discrete 7 channel Current Feedback power
amplifiers
Video conversion
Sound delay function (LipSync)
Adjustable crossover
Multi room / multi source system
Dolby headphone
Marantz D-Bus and RS232c connection
Pre-programmed system remote control
Provides up to 8 channel audio decoding for any source
material at the highest quality
Excellent frequency response and superb sonic
performance for the highest standard such as SACD and
DVD-Audio
The highest analogue quality from all sources connected via
a single component connection
Synchronizing the audio and video signal
Matching the performance characteristics of the subwoofer
to the main speaker system
Allows independent audio source selection and control in a
second room
Full multichannel enjoyment via your regular stereo
headphone
Full system integration flexibility
Total system control by using one remote handset
Technological glossary:
For optimum reproduction of Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Pro
Logic IIx and Circle Surround reproduction, the SR5500
provides high current, wide band audio amplification, capable
of generating 90 watts of discrete power into all 7 channels.
With Current Feedback technology and a robust power
transformer, the SR5500 has ample capabilities to drive low
impedance loudspeakers. Furthermore an extensive array of
digital and analog audio and video connections secure
accommodation of a wide variety of multiple program sources.
Other versatile and future ready, custom installment features
include multi-channel (7.1) direct inputs and pre-amp outputs,
RS232c interface and on-screen display.
Power your home theater
The SR5500 incorporates the most advanced 32-bit Digital
Signal Processing circuitry decoding the latest generation of
digital surround sound such as Dolby Digital EX, DTS ES, DTS
Neo:6, Circle Surround II, and Dolby Pro-Logic IIx. The receiver
provides an enveloping 7.1 channel playback of any multi-
channel program, whether it's movie soundtracks or music, over
the widest possible seating area.
Latest surround technologies
Dolby Digital EX brings a new dimension of depth, spacious
ambience and sound localization to home theater environment.
The benefits of DD-EX include more realistic flyover and fly-
around effects, a more stable image for atmospheres and music
and a more consistent surround effect throughout the
auditorium or home viewing area.
Dolby Digital EX
The DTS-ES surround system offering a superb sound quality
and a range of formats. The Discrete 6.1 offers the ultimate
quality of surround field creation, while the Matrix 6.1 provides
compatibility for the existing DTS 5.1 software. And the Neo:6
is to create 6.1 surround stage from any two channel source.
DTS 96/24 allows for 5.1 channel sound track encoding at a rate
of 96kHz/24 bits on DVD-Video titles. Higher sampling rates
provide greater bit depth and allow a wider frequency
response. In conjunction with the use of anti-alias and
reconstruction filters DTS 94/24 results in a more transparent
sound quality equivalent to the original soundtrack and is fully
backwards compatible at the same time.
DTS-ES
Pro Logic IIx is the first and only technology to process any
native stereo or 5.1 signal into a 6.1- or 7.1- channel output. A
product of Dolby's expertise in surround sound and matrix
decoding
Eight channel audio from any source
technologies, Dolby Pro Logic IIx is a complete surround sound
solution that maximizes the entertainment experience from
stereo as well as 5.1-channel encoded sources. On playback
systems with four surround speakers, the result is a more
seamless, natural, and enveloping listening experience on
everything from stereo music CDs to DVDs encoded in Dolby
Digital Surround EX. Until now, processing stereo and 5.1
program sources into 6.1 or 7.1 output channels necessitated
that the A/V receiver include a variety of decoders, often from
different developers. In contrast, Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding
does it all, offering a single upgradeable solution for the home
theater enthusiast who wants to go from 5.1 channels to 6.1 and
7.1. Dolby Pro Logic IIx technology features Movie and Music
modes that function with 5.1 as well as stereo sources,
including 24-bit/192kHz and 24-bit/96kHz sources. The Game
mode restores the impact low-frequency surround effects by
routing them to the system's subwoofer. Dolby Pro Logic IIx
technology delivers a natural and immersing 7.1-channel
listening experience to the home theater environment.
Dolby Headphone technology allows users to listen to music,
watch movies, or play video games with the dramatic surround
effects of a 5.1-channel soundtrack through any set of
headphones. Best of all, "listener fatigue," a phenomenon
commonly associated with headphone playback, is replaced by
a spacious, natural sound field that listeners can enjoy for
hours.
Surround sound via your stereo headphone
The SR5500 features a fully discrete 7 channel amplifier section
capable of delivering 90 watts of high-current amplification,
for continuously clean and stable power into each of the 7
channels. Current Feedback amplification is a well known,
Marantz original circuit technology accomplishments from the
HiFi amplifier field. Due to the introduction of Super Audio
(Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio) multi-channel software and an
increasing amount of universal disc players, AV Receiver/
amplifier require a higher performance amplifier not only for
digital surround sound from DVD Video via the digital input,
but also for analog multi-channel. Even in the DVD Video
world the amount of higher quality software increases with
formats like DTS 96/24.
The Current Feedback amplifier technology fits perfectly with
the high requirements set for this Super Audio software
providing wide-bandwidth, high-speed reproduction.
Current Feedback power amplification
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The impedance at the Current Feedback point is limited
resulting in a very low phase shift. The SR5500 therefore can
keep the phase compensation via Negative FeedBack (NFB)
to a minimum, resulting in high through-rate, excellent
transient response and superb sonic transparency for the full
bandwidth up to 100kHz.
SR5500 is equipped with a high quality video conversion. It
can up convert the Composite signal to S-Video/Component
and S-Video to Component; as well as down conversion
from S-Video to composite (the component signal is not
down converted). This feature allows you to connect the best
possible video cable between the SR5500 and the display
and of course you only need one. In order to avoid
synchronization and eroded video quality problems, the
SR5500 has a high quality video converter equipped with
digital video processing. The SR5500 provides you the
highest analogue quality from all sources connected via a
single component connection.
Video conversion
Music and sound track reproduction is enhanced through a
highly efficient source direct switch, which bypasses the
total A/V section in audio mode. In direct mode, interference
and disturbance by radiated electrical or magnetic fields are
minimized, ensuring the shortest signal path for the highest
degree of clarity and detail. Highly accurate 192kHz/24-bit
audio D/A converters process the analog to digital
conversion, resulting in a far more faithful sound quality
compared to the original source. It encompasses the Marantz
heritage with refinements such as a metal alloy faceplate, a
efficient video off mode and high grade components.
Experiencing the emotion
The digital processing and scaling of video displays can
create a slight delay in the video signal. This delay makes
audio tracks appear out of synch. Using sound delay you can
slow the sound presentation to match the presentation of the
video. The Sound Delay on the SR5500 adjusts in increments
of 10ms steps from 0 -“200ms.
Matching audio and video
The SR5500 is equipped with a 2 Component input terminals
to connect your video source through the centre of your
home entertainment. It provides one touch switching of
video and audio source with a high quality reproduction and
feeds useful information onto the screen via the user-
friendly OSD. It features heavy duty speaker binding posts
and an extensive array of both analog and digital in-outputs.
The SR5500 presents in addition an extensive feature list,
such as auto preset tuning (program up to 50 stations),
manual station naming, front panel cursor control, delay
function and clock/timer. With the Marantz audio system
placed in the main room of the house, a second pair of
loudspeakers can be placed at a separate room. In those
rooms an audio source can be selected separately at a
different sound level, even with full remote controlled
functionality.
Convenience & functionality's
To control entire system with one remote handset, Marantz
has designed the D-Bus system. The unique Marantz D-Bus
connection allows convenient linkage to other Marantz
components Individual devices inform each other and
remote control commands are communicated via this bus
line, while the RS232c communication port allows full CI
integration. The SR5500 comes with an easy to use pre-coded
remote control, for full intuitive and extensive system
control.
In Marantz style
Bypacked accesories
- User manual
- Power cable
- Remote control
- Batteries
- FM antenna
- AM loop antenna
RC5500SR
