This is a pretty good amp with lots of midband although it could do with some more control. It has far to many buttons and switches though and doesn't exactly look minimalist (even a loudness button! - audiophiles are cowering in the corner).One obvious problem is the amount of transformer hum which is much louder even than the CD67SE and makes it sound like a fridge, a problem which Tannoy/Marantz UK are well aware of but think it isn't really much of a problem.
Other than that it would get a 4 star rating.

Clean sound, works well B&W 602 speakers. Phono stage.
Price. 3 year warranty.

Don't like the remote

In my mind the mix of performance, features (decent built in phono stage), and price gave this unit a slight edge over the NAD 340 (a very good product, though). I can really push my B&W 602s with this unit and so far they seem to work well together.

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Everthing else.

Bass, it could have more bass.

It is a good amplifier for the money.
Specielly good for those who like to play loud music, and have rather big head speakers. If you like power this is the one 2*95W in each channel is pretty good, and for this price about $400 it is a good amplifier.

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bass is deep, super clear mid-range and clean treble more for soft music but it also can drive hard if you want.

need to cranking due to low gain

I used it with a pair of AE-105se floorstnder spk, Sony active sub SA-W505 and accompany an Philips CD player. Although it's 50WPC but its really powerful you can hear almost everything that what a CD actually record.I found this Marantz cleaner and more forceful than the Rotel model RA-931mkII which tend to sound bright and harsh when play loud.When i play the "chai qing's Lau ge"-"ci ci de den" its sound really really sweets.....I highly recommend this PM-57 amp which you can gain more than you paid.

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Rotel 931mkII