Very musical, built like a tank, quite affordable. Love the converters and digital output. Excellent sound for the price. I'm hearing parts of my discs I never knew existed.

Long break-in time. Remote is easy to use but not on par with the quality of the unit itself.

I purchased the CD 6000 OSE after reading reviews on this site as well as in audiophile magazines. I wanted a high quality single disc unit without breaking the bank, and I believe that is exactly what I got. I just bought it last week, so maybe I should submit another review after a few months. Apparently the break-in stories are true...mine sounds much better than when I first got it out of the box, and I was greatly impressed from the start. I'm running the OSE through a DENON PMA 520 integrated amp and have a Boston Acoustics Substat 7 speaker system. We enjoy all types of music and have found the Marantz to be most comfortable with all but the most intense hard stuff, and I can't decide if the problem there is coming from the limitations of the recording or the cd player itself.....probably the recording. And now for another positive - if you have a mini disc recorder or CD recordable deck this unit will really shine! I'm going to have to re-record all my MDs!

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This unit is replacing a Nakamichi single disc player (old 1987 model).

Solid build, great dynamics, fine performance.

Remote is a bit of plastic! Remote system isn't compatible with 'all in one' remotes.

This CD Player has had a few knocks. There's nothing wrong with it, nothing major, but it is very fussy on what you pair it with.

I'm using it with a Sony STRDB930 and it's given fine performance and sound on a wide range of musical styles. It's very well built, and is surviving the usual abuse that i put my hi-fi through...

...but, the remote might as well be thrown away, and you won't be able to use 'all in one' remotes on it, i tried and failed.

If you're looking for a good quality, strudy and great sounding player, this is it. If you need bells and whistles, this won't give it to you.

Make sure you audition this against your amp and speakers, otherwise you may end up hating this very fine piece of equipment.

Musical, smooth, airy, value for money and smart looking. The remote is great too. By far the best all rounder I have tried. As a bonus, I managed to pick this up at £280. Have been very happy with the purchase. Highly recommended!!

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NAD, Rotel, Arcam, Denon

Musical

not good for rock, dance music

this player sounds very good, but when you listen to some well recorded Smashing Pumpkins or Metallica it lacks drive and dynamics. Drums fail to have the required impact and it sounds a bit disappointing. Good with other genres of music though.

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Very solid, natural sound with excellent detail and imaging

To correct/natural for thrash metal or techno stuff...

Not immediately as 'exciting' as the Arcam Alpha 7SE, but prolonged listening shows the CD-6000 OSE's strengths...
Very open natural sound with excellent detail and imaging (finally get to hear those indistinct lyrics), great to listen to for long periods without fatigue (unlike the Arcam), sublime on vocals and it also rocks... 'Modern' bass-heavy electronic stuff fares less well; the player is too 'correct' for this stuff which sounds better on crappy systems with more distortion..... ;-) This player grows on you the more you live with it.

Used with Marantz PM-6010 OSE and Quad 405/2 amplifiers, B+W 602/2 speakers and Sennheiser HD-25 cans

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Superb imaging and pure sound

Track access problems, difficult with CDRs

The first of these I bought sounded superb and had me racing through my CD collection to play all my old favourites. Apart from the general sound quality, which was beautifully pure, I was stunned by just how loud it would go without distortion. The bass control on my transmission line loudspeakers, which show up flabby bass with a vengeance, was excellent However, on some cds, it refused to access some tracks when their number was selected directly, displaying Error on the front panel and locking up the unit. It would play through the same tracks if started from the previous track, so I sent it back. The replacement was ok on the cds that were a problem before but the sound was nowhere near as good - the bass sounded rolled off and the treble harsh and fatiguing. What a disappointment! When another cd turned up with track access problems, that was it - I couldn't go on replacing units and it went back - I got an Arcam 7SE instead.

The Arcam is ok but nowhere near as involving as the first 6000 OSE I had - if I could have the first 6000 I bought but with no cd playing problems, that would have been perfect! Both the Marantz units had problems with CDRs - 3 of my 4 brands wouldn't play at all, despite them playing fine on the 8 year old Pioneer predecessor and the cheapo units elsewhere in our house. Rating is difficult - it could be five stars but my problems bring it down.

John Rainer

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Sounds fantastic, even with dance/rock despite what others have said. Never gets boring even after a couple of hours listening

none

I am biased after getting the thing half price! But even so it sounds great, I have a really wide range of musical tastes in my CD collection and they all sound fantastic. Mainly the critisisms seem to be on CDR playback but if you just want to play normal CDs its the one to go for sounds fantastic, excellent bass and vocals even through my AV amp.

Sounds very good played very loud!

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Great over all sound & great bass

Trouble with CD-R disk's & CD Text

Very good machine. Upgraded from a 8 year old Pioneer PS801.
My gear is a Pioneer A400, F201 tuner, Marantz CD-6000 OSe Philips CDR 800 (Audio CD Burner)& BMW DM602s2. I also have a Yamaha DSP-200 add on Dobly Prologic, with a Tannoy Centre speaker, Philips 50w sub (run off the centre out!)& Wharfdale Diamond 2 rears. Despite being a "bitsa" it wells very well.
I have had the Marantz for just on 3 months & it's going back & I'm asking for a replacement. The player is ok for standard Cd's but will not read CD-R's (regardless of colour) & refuses to recongise CD-R text disk's that I make. It will read CD-RW's (with or without text enabled) very well. Very Strange. As I have a Audio CD Burner, using expensive CD-R's, I need the machine to work 100% of the time. Lately it has also been locking up on certain standard music CD's as well. Never had problems with reading CD-R's on my 8 year old machine!!!
When the machine is working well it is great - really has changed my system - great detail & a hell of a lot more bass. Was considering changing amps, but it works (problems a side) so well, I'm not going to bother. rating would be higher if the above problems didn't exist.

Very much detail, natural, a joy to listen to

Display not very clear

A very good machine indeed. It causes a total reevaluation of my CD collection. The detail and clearity makes shows mercyless every recording or production-error of the CD's.

It has the power to entangle one in the music and the sounds of the instruments. Listening to music becomes an adventures. it is very easy to distinct between instruments.

I strongly advise this product to everyone who is interested in a pure and just reproduction. The live experience becomes at home. At times, I really felt there, in the studio or in the audience.

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VERY MUSICAL,SOUNDS LIKE A TUBE AMP REPRODUCTION,VERY WARM SOUNDING,VERY GENEROUS IN ALL TYPES OF MUSIC,EXCELLENT BUILT,NON-FATIGUING

NONE AS FAR AS I COULD HEAR

VERY WARM SOUNDING,SOUNDS LIKE A TUBE AMP REPRODUCTION. DEFINITELY A MAJOR STEP INTO HIGH END UPGRADE.LOOKS INCREDIBLY SEXY;THOUGHT IT WAS A CD 17.SUITS WELL WITH ALL TYPES OF MUSIC.WORKS VERY WELL WITH VOCALS.VOCALS SOUNDED VERY NATURAL AS IF THE SINGER IS SINGING IN FRONT,LIVE!
SOUNDSTAGE IS EXCELLENT;VERY WIDE OPEN AND NATURAL.SOMETHING YOU COULD NEVER GET TIRED OF.NO REGRETS,NONE!I HEAR MUSIC LIKE I NEVER DID BEFORE!

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