Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2024/08/29

Comprising the Model 10 Reference integrated amplifier, the SACD 10 Reference SACD player and the Link 10n Reference Network Audio Player, the 10 Series Collection represents a new statement in high-end audio design and performance for Marantz, and is the first time the brand has released a new range reference high-end stereo components since 2016.
Developed over five years of extensive collaboration between all departments of the engineering team at the renowned Shirakawa Audio Works in Japan, the new 10 Series components embody unparalleled heritage, performance and contemporary luxury design, the company says. According to the press release, the design of each product is inspired by some of the most iconic Hi-Fi components in Marantz’s storied history– yet at the same time, the engineering inside ensures that each component is both truly contemporary and ready to make the most of Hi-Fi digital future.
The first product to be released from the new 10 Series Collection, is the Model 10 Reference integrated amplifier, the most powerful one-box amplifier Marantz has ever made. Model 10 is built around a newly designed dual-mono symmetrical amplifier topology and uses a completely new copper-plated, triple-layered chassis with a compartmentalized design structure designed to provide complete engineering separation of each critical internal function. Two internal compartments plus strategically placed shields isolate high and low power circuits from each other and prevent internal interference from limiting performance.
In partnership with Purifi, Marantz developed a new amplifier module, two of which are used to achieve dual-mono operation yielding 250W per channel. It operates as a fully balanced amplifier from input to output, with individual power supplies for each amplifier channel and all line-level input circuitry powered by a separate linear power supply unit. Distortion is astonishingly low – 0.05% THD across the entire audio band at full power and an order of magnitude better at half-rated power – while up to 30A of peak current means exceptional dynamic range, plus frequency response that is immune to load impedance, the company says. Driving the novel amplifier section is an all-new preamplifier design based around the latest generation of Marantz’s HDAM analogue circuitry, a proprietary Marantz technology first introduced in the PM-99SE amplifier of 1992.
Model 10 includes an extensive array of analogue inputs, including two XLR balanced ins, three RCA analogue ins and a high-quality phono stage, complete with both MM and three impedance options for broad MC compatibility. Preamplifier outputs are also provided, again in both XLR and RCA. Model 10 can also be configured to run solely as a power amplifier, bypassing its internal preamplifier, when partnered with its sibling in the new 10 Series Collection, the Link 10n Reference Network Audio Player.

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