Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2020/09/01

Marantz today announced two products signifying a new era for the brand, the Model 30 Integrated Amplifier and SACD 30n Network Audio Streamer and SACD Player. Born out of the founding mission of Saul Marantz, whose aim was getting the listener as close to the original recording as possible, the Model 30 and SACD 30n were expertly designed and precisely tuned over the last three years. Meticulously manufactured in Shirakawa, Japan, they are also the first Marantz products to launch with the brand’s new industrial design language, celebrating and modernizing signature design elements from legendary Marantz products of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s.
Taking inspiration from legendary products like the original Audio Consolette, Model 30, Model 2250, and Model 9 amplifier, the new Model 30 and SACD 30n embrace elements of classic Marantz design and marry them with a thoroughly modern approach to construction and materials.
“Our main goal in updating Marantz was to effectively capture the timelessness, musicality and passion the brand has brought to the world for nearly 70 years,” said Joel Sietsema, President Classe and Marantz. “This is why we dove into the brand’s history first to design the Model 30 and SACD 30n. We knew these new products and their successors had to continue refining that classic Marantz sound, but also deliver fresh new aesthetics and build quality that contemporary enthusiasts could love. The result is a familiar, yet entirely new Marantz ID and an exciting listening experience that delivers on the Marantz promise of the most musical sound,” he concluded.
Model 30 features an all-analogue design with a fully discrete two-stage build, independent power supplies for the preamplifier and power amplifier, an oversized toroidal transformer and includes a moving coil and moving magnet phono stage—complete with Marantz Musical Premium Phono EQ circuit and Marantz HDAM technology.
The new SACD 30n draws on the Marantz proprietary SACDM-3L transport mechanism, engineered solely for the best possible performance when playing SACDs, CDs and music stored on data discs. Leveraging the HEOS Built-in platform, SACD 30n combines a premium CD/SACD player with a modern digital source’s hub, a USB-DAC and a built-in preamplifier. The device can stream FLAC files from 44.1kHz to 192kHz at up to 24-bit resolution, DSD 2.8MHz and DSD 5.6MHz, ALAC (Apple Lossless) and MP3 files from major streaming providers.
SACD 30n relies on Marantz’s proprietary Marantz Musical Mastering (MMM-Stream converter and MMM-Conversion stage) for optimal digital audio conversion. PCM inputs are up-converted to DSD at 11.2MHz using the MMM-Stream converter within the player. Two system clocks ensure the most accurate up-conversion of the incoming signal, whether it’s from the disc or digital inputs, ranging from 44.1kHz to 384kHz.The design of the DSD-to-analog converter feeds into the familiar Marantz HDAM in the output stage for optimal sound quality. In addition, the headphone amplifier used in the SACD 30n features a dedicated amplifier module using exclusive Marantz HDAM-SA2 circuitry with adjustable gain.

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