PM6007 

INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER WITH DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY

Your next step into Marantz HiFi

Featuring an upgraded, high-quality DAC, digital inputs and a newly revamped built-in phono equalizer, the Marantz PM6007 integrated amplifier features ample connectivity and creates a realistic listening experience for the most musical sound.

Current Feedback Amplifier

The Current Feedback Amplifier technology provides wide-bandwidth and high-speed sound reproduction. In combination with the high current power supply, the PM6007's amplifier holds a large energy reserve to easily drive even the most demanding speakers. An advanced thermal compensation avoids memory distortion for clean amplification under any circumstances.

Reference Quality D/A Conversion For Digital Input

The PM6007 features a new Hi-Res D/A conversion. It is equipped with a reference class D/A converter, which provides up to 192-kHz/24-bit resolution for optimum fidelity with your Hi-Res audio file types.

High Current Power Supply

The power supply supports high current, high speed Schottky Barrier Diodes and high current storage capacitors fed by a Toroidal Transformer that together provide wide dynamic range and low impedance drive capability

Toroidal Transformer

A Toroidal Transformer has several advantages over a normal EI core transformer. The highly efficient design delivers more power compared to the same size EI core transformer. In addition, the shape of the Toroidal Transformer delivers low electromagnetic radiation and mechanical vibration for better sound quality.

Marantz PM6007 Specs
Amplifier
Number of Channels    2
Power Output    45 W per Channel @ 8 Ohms RMS
60 W per Channel @ 4 Ohms RMS
50 mW / 32 Ohms (Headphone)
Frequency Response    10 Hz to 70 kHz
Signal to Noise Ratio    Phono (MM): 83 dB
High Level: 102 dB (2 V Input)
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)    0.008% (20 Hz to 20 kHz kHz, 8 Ohms, Both Channels Driven)
Damping Factor    100 (8 Ohms, 40 Hz to 20 kHz)
Speaker Impedance    A or B or Bi-Wiring: 4 to 16 Ohms
A and B: 8 to 16 Ohms
Tone Control    Bass (50 Hz): ±10 dB
Treble (15 kHz): ±10 dB
Digital Input    Digital Coaxial: 0.5 Vp-p
Optical: ≥-27 dBm
Connectors
Input    4 x Stereo RCA
1 x Stereo RCA Phono (with Ground Screw)
2 x Optical TOSLINK
1 x RCA Digital Coaxial
Output    1 x RCA Subwoofer
1 x Stereo RCA
1 x 1/4" / 6.35 mm Headphone (Front)
Speaker Connectors    4 x Binding Post Pairs (L/R, A/B)
Other Connectors    1 x RCA Remote In
1 x RCA Remote Out
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm IR Flasher In
Input Sensitivity and Impedance    Phono (MM): 2.2 mV / 47 Kilohms
Other Inputs: 200 mV / 20 Kilohms
Output Voltage    Subwoofer: 2.8 V (200 mV Input, Max Volume)
RIAA Equalization Deviation    ±1 dB (20 Hz to 20 kHz)
Output Bandwidth    10 Hz to 50 kHz (8 Ohms, 0.06% THD)
Frequency Response    CD: 10 Hz to 70 kHz, +0, -1 dB (1 W, 8 Ohms)
Input Level    Phono, Max: 100 mV
Physical Specifications
Construction Material    Front Panel: Metal
Operating Temperature    41 to 95°F / 5 to 35°C
Power Requirements    240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Power Consumption    Operational: 155 W
Standby: 0.3 W
Dimensions (W x H x D)    17.3 x 4.1 x 14.5" / 43.9 x 10.4 x 36.8 cm
Weight    16.7 lb / 7.6 kg
Packaging Info
Package Weight    22.6 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)    20 x 18.8 x 7"

Review photo uploaded 4/8/2023-(3)

Marantz PM6007 review

What Hi-Fi? Awards 2020 winner. Marantz refines its Award-winning budget amp recipe Tested at £499 / $599

By What Hi-Fi? August 20, 2020

OUR VERDICT

Clearer and punchier than its Award-winning predecessor, Marantz’s latest entry-level amplifier never puts the formidable 6000 Series dynasty in doubt

FOR

• Clear and punchy performer
• Broad connectivity
• Solid casework

AGAINST

• No Bluetooth or USB

The path to self-improvement is never-ending: no matter how successful or saintly we are, there is always a way to better ourselves. The same also applies to hi-fi – regardless of how good a piece of kit is and how many accolades it has won, there’s always room for improvement.

Marantz is many steps along the journey towards making the best budget stereo amplifier possible, most recently with this new PM6007, which sets out to improve upon the 2018-launched Marantz PM6006 UK Edition, the current What Hi-Fi? Award winner in its respective price bracket.

Features

In our review of the PM6006 UK Edition, we said our only wish was that its vast connectivity included Bluetooth and a USB input, but that’s not where Marantz has sought to improve its 6000 Series line. Instead, the enhancements are centred around the performance – and who can argue with that?

Marantz has implemented a new DAC into the PM6007, with the AKM AK4490 replacing the Cirrus Logic CS4398 found in its predecessor. It is complemented by two digital filters – a slow roll-off and sharp roll-off – that users can choose between when playing from a source connected to either of its two optical or single coaxial inputs. Such versatility has trickled down from the brand’s more premium digital processors, such as those built into the SA-10, SA-12SE and SA-KI Ruby.

In an effort to improve performance across the analogue inputs (of which there are four line-level, plus a MM phono), new components in the power amp and phono stages have been swapped in. The latter has also benefitted from upgraded circuitry – similar to that found in the PM7000N’s phono stage – to achieve a higher signal-to-noise ratio.

And while the entry-level amplifier still doesn’t have a USB input or Bluetooth, Marantz has added a subwoofer output to accommodate those who want to add extra thwack to their stereo set-up.

Build

Styling-wise, the PM6007 is more or less a carbon copy of its predecessor – and indeed the model that came before that. In fact, Marantz hasn’t revamped the aesthetic much at all in the line’s 13-year history. Placed side-by-side, only the odd finish and button differential would distinguish the new PM6007 from the PM6002 released in 2007, apart from the model number printed on the facade. That familiarity is disappointing.

Moving away from appearances, this is a well-constructed, well-finished chassis that, while perhaps too densely populated with dials for some minimalist tastes, offers traditional hi-fi appeal.

Sound

The clearest evidence of the line’s evolution lies in the PM6007’s performance. Its sonic character is as familiar as its casework: smooth, full-bodied and balanced, with a pleasing spaciousness. Like its predecessor, it’s about as agreeable a performer as you could ask for at this price.

Where it pulls away from the PM6006 UK Edition is in its greater clarity, precision and rhythmic punch. Marantz has traded some of that smoothness for a bit more oomph, as well as tightened up the bass, and the result is a more spirited presentation.

The dramatic opener of Portishead’s live performance of All Mine comes through with more presence, while the PM6007’s clearer disposition also makes more of the special occasion provided by the accompanying 35-piece orchestra. Move onto Högni’s rhythm-driven Moon Pitcher and the layers of ambient strands are more cohesively entwined, the new Marantz’s musicality rigorously precise.

Textures take on new levels of tangibility, too. The melodic finger-picking underpinning Matt Berninger’s acoustic-led Last Song is subtler, both in terms of the way the notes are formed and how they flow dynamically. 

His characteristically brooding, contemplative vocal rises confidently above the aqueous acoustics, but the PM6007’s vocal delivery doesn’t feel as rock-solid and grounded as its predecessor’s. It’s not the end of the world, but in this regard the PM6007 has taken a small step backwards.

Marantz has done well to maintain consistency across the connections on offer, with the DAC, headphone output and phono stage all proving strong. Over coaxial, a little clarity and precision is sacrificed, but the fullness and dynamism remain intact. We prefer the slow roll-off filter (indicated by a blue LED) for its slight edge in exactness and naturalness over the warmer, more rounded sharp roll-off, signified by a purple LED.

That performance reveals itself through the phono stage and 6.3mm front-panel headphone output, too – it’s cohesive and punchy, but falls a little short of the clarity and sparkle offered through the line-level.

Verdict

The Marantz 6000 Series has allowed the company to have a firm grip on the budget hi-fi market over the past few years, and with the arrival of the PM6007, the amplifier line has been strengthened yet again.

As we concluded upon first hearing the PM6006 UK Edition, we wish Marantz’s engineers the best of luck in squeezing out even more performance next time round.

SCORES

• Sound 5
• Features 5
• Build 5