As a long time Outlaw 990 preamp owner (from the initial shipment!) I have been following the saloon for more than 10 years. I had been waiting patiently for years now for the follow-on affordable near-high-end successor. Since I am not getting any younger, I finally gave up and purchased a new Marantz 8802. While not cheap, it is a great piece of hardware. But then I have waited so long, I was able to splurge a little. :-)

Since the functionality is probably very similar to the 7701 and 7702, I have only one issue with it. I have the standby mode HDMI pass through set to ON and connected to my cable box so we can watch most TV without turning on the whole HT system. It seems to work...sort of, but if the TV is off for a while -- definitely by an hour, but certainly by a few hours or overnight, if I turn on the TV it will not connect to the cable box. If I turn the TV off and on again, or change the TV to another input and back to the Marantz again, it connects successfully every time. At any time, if I turn the TV off and right back on again it is fine. If I shut the Marantz off (that is, back to standby) it reconnects the cable box successfully to the TV. It is a nice feature because the Marantz cuts the sound to the TV if the Marantz is on, but passes through both audio and video if the Marantz is off.

It is getting rather tedious to have to turn the TV on then off then on again for it to work -- especially for my wife!

Has anyone here had this issue with the 7701 or 7702, and if so did you find a solution? And, yes, I contacted Marantz support but they were not any help. They asked me about settings I already had set correctly. But I have always found the Outlaws here very helpful.

My old 990 was working just fine, and I feel kind of sorry for it in the basement. :-(

BTW: I have a Pioneer 6020 TV and an Xfinity X1 cable box.