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Marantz announce the UD9004 – for a mammoth £5,500
If you’ve got a spare £5,500 lying about then you can think about buying the Marantz’s UD9004 Blu-ray and SACD player. If you haven’t, well, join the club.
So what exactly can you expect from your £5,500? Well, the UD9004 is a fusion of the flagship SA-7S1 Super Audio CD player and the very best of the company’s Blu-ray technology.
In other words, this is an absolute beast of a Blu-ray / SACD player. It has a Silicon Optix Realta chip that offers the very finest broadcast quality video processing, including pixel-by-pixel conversion, 1080p upscaling by a 10bit process for standard definition images, detail enhancement, digital noise reduction and high-end analogue video output. You can even run the audio and video via separate HDMI connections just for that extra bit of quality.
For audiophiles there is 32-bit floating point type Analog Devices DSP for the purist audio imaginable with four separate circuit boards and a pure direct mode that shuts down the video playing elements to deliver exceptional, focused audio output.
The machine is built like a tank which will reduce mechanical distortion. The
extensively braced, chassis has a thick bottom plate with machine milled copper feet, sustaining mechanical stability and therefore sound quality. It weighs an incredible 19.2kg.
So, if you’ve read this post to its conclusion you’re obviously still interested. Go get yourself one from Marantz. If you’re feeling particularly flush – and let’s face it, you should be if you’re about to shell out over five grand for a Blu-ray player – order me one too.
Marantz debuts its first high-end DVD player, the BD8002
Marantz, makers of high-end audiovisual gear, has just brought out a flagship Blu-ray player for people with loads of cash or an obsessive interest in home cinema. The BD8002 has full 1080p and 24fps output, as well as onboard lossless decoding of most standard audio codecs.
On top of that, there’s high-quality upscaling for DVDs, and will play all sorts of stuff: VCDs, SVCDs, MP3s, WMA and DivX video files, as well as displaying JPEG images. There’s an SD Card slot, too. The BD8002 is available now, and costs a lot of money. £1,800 to be precise.
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Marantz launches Bluetooth wireless iPod dock and hi-fi receiver
We’re pretty selective about what iPod docks we cover at Tech Digest, given that there must be hundreds of them floating about now and they’re all much of a muchness. However, we like Marantz, so the latest Bluetooth wireless iPod dock is definitely worth a mention.
First up, the dock looks good. It’s compact, holds the larger iPods at a nice angle (pictured is the iPod touch), and should fit in anywhere…
Marantz offers the SR6003 – a seven-channel AV reciever
This lovely-looking black box is the Marantz SR6003. It’s a home cinema reciever, so you basically plug a load of random stuff in at the back, and it sorts it all out for you. It’s real selling point, however, isn’t the seven AV channels, or the backlit, programmable remote, or the sound-enhancing MDAX system.
Nor is it the shallow design, 1080p upscaling, multi-room features or HD audio capabilities. No – the real star of this device, say Marantz, is the 256-colour GUI. It means that it’s a piece of cake to set up, program and connect all your miscellaneous equipment, and have it quickly and easily sounding great.
No pricing or availability info yet, but as soon as we hear anything, we’ll let you know.
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Marantz launches high-performance amp and CD player
Marantz has announced its latest high-end amplifier and separate CD player.
The PM8003 stereo amplifier can deliver up to 200 watts across two channels, has an oversized bespoke toroidal transformer, is made with hand-selected components including Shottky barrier diodes and Marantz’s Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Modules.
Functions include Source Direct, which bypasses the tone control circuitry, and Amp Direct, which allows the PM8003 to be used solely as a power amplifier…
Marantz serves up new amplifiers, tuner, CD player
Feel like stocking up on Marantz goodness? Well, the latest slew of separates could be for you.
The company has announced three new amplifiers, a new CD player, and an AM/FM tuner.
Central to a decent hi-fi system is the amplifier, and Marantz has three to choose from. Power wise, the PM5003 kicks out 40W x 2 at 8Ω or 55W x 2 at 4Ω, while the PM7003 and PM8003 offer 70W or 100W x 2. Available for around £150, £300, and £450 respectively…
Marantz BD8002: chunky feature-laden Blu-ray player coming to Japan
High-end manufacturer Marantz has announced it’s bringing the BD8002 Blu-ray player to the Japanese market next month.
It features a Silicon Optix 10-bit chipset, compatibility with Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio, 7.1 analogue audio output, full 1080p video output including 24fps mode for accurate playback of movies, and of course HDMI output…
Marantz's DV7001 DVD Player Upscales To HD!
5px; float: left;" />Fancy having the quality of HDTV but don't want to fork out hundreds for a new TV? Never fear, because Marantz is here. They've just launched the DV7001, a DVD player capable of upscaling normal standard…
