Marantz launching a brand new mid-range CD participant appears extra related at this time than it maybe would have just a few years again, in gentle of the RIAA’s current report that compact disc gross sales have risen for the primary time in 17 years.
The Marantz CD 60 participant goes on sale subsequent month for £749 (AU$1749) and combines CD playback with hi-res USB assist within the hope of retaining the format alive in hi-fi element methods.
The CD engineering advantages from Marantz’s newest proprietary HDAM (Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Modules) know-how within the analogue output stage. The corporate says these are superior to off-the-shelf IC chip options present in different merchandise and have been additional optimised for the CD 60 to stream present extra precisely to scale back distortion.
As for USB playback, the entrance panel USB-A port helps an enormous array of digital information corresponding to MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV, FLAC HD, ALAC, AIFF (as much as 24-bit/192kHz), and DSD (as much as 5.6MHz) from a related USB storage gadget.
The CD 60 utilises a brand new “reference-class” DAC that may be user-manipulated through two DAC filters – Filter 1 delivers a mild roll-off, and Filter 2 supplies a sharper roll-off. In the meantime, the CD participant inherits the corporate’s HDAM-SA2 headphone amp circuit, which has three achieve settings (low, mid and excessive) for huge compatibility with headphones of various calls for and might be turned off to minimise electrical interference when not in use.
The CD 60 is, Marantz says, “an ideal mate” to the newly introduced Mannequin 40n streaming stereo amplifier, with the 2 bins masking CD playback, community streaming and bodily connections between them.
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