Is it a leak or is it official? The Darkophone’s social media feed is operating scorching this morning with a brand new CD participant from Marantz – referred to as the CD50n – which isn’t but listed on Marantz’s web site however is listed on Tokyo retailer Fujiya Avic’s.
The headline right here is that the CD50n is rather more than ‘only a CD participant’. The giveaway is the ‘n’ within the product identify: that’s Marantz shorthand for ‘community’. The CD50n comes loaded with a HEOS-based hi-res-capable community streamer that moreover helps Apple AirPlay 2 (helpful for Roon people) and Spotify Join. One take a look at the again panel and we see that now we have the selection of Ethernet or wi-fi connectivity.
The CD50n’s inner DAC can be accessed through a Bluetooth enter (which is SBC solely) plus rear panel hard-wired socketry: USB-B for PC and Macs; USB-A to stream for straight connected storage gadgets; coaxial and TOSLINK.
Nonetheless, the star of this present is CD50n’s HDMI ARC enter. It may be hooked right into a TV to have its quantity up/down managed by the TV’s distant (and never simply the IR wand provided by Marantz). HDMI e/ARC is a Twenty first-century comfort characteristic that’s straightforward to poo-poo till you truly strive it; however to correctly profit from its comfort issue, the HDMI ARC-loaded gadget must function a volume-attenuating pre-amplifier. The C50n’s again panel has that lined: subsequent to the line-level RCA outputs is a pair of variable-output RCA sockets for direct connection to an influence amplifier.
With all that stated, it’s straightforward to neglect that the CD50n performs CDs with its rear-panel coaxial and TOSLINK outputs allowing CD transport performance. A entrance panel 6.4mm headphone socket rounds out the characteristic set.
Pricing? Fujiya Avic says ¥197,505, which Google converts to roughly US$1320. Your selection of black or silver. And from Stereo Sound’s video beneath, it seems like a brand new Mannequin 50 built-in amplifier is quickly to come back down the pike.
Additional data: Marantz
