Specifications

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Reference class Super Audio CD player with USB DAC, digital inputs

and unique Marantz Musical Mastering technology

SA-10

SUPER AUDIO CD PLAYER

DAC board with digital isolation circuitry

and MMM - Stream processing

MMM - Conversion Marantz mechanism SACDM-3

The SA-10 is an exceptional player of both CD and SACD discs, but can also play high-resolution

music stored on computer-burned discs, as well as being a high-end digital to analogue converter

for computer-stored music. From the unique new disc transport designed for this player all the way

through to a complete rethink of the way digital audio data is converted into analogue signals, the

SA-10 is a ‘clean sheet’ design, the result of painstaking research and development and extensive

listening in Marantz’s custom-built listening facilities. That’s symptomatic of the way Marantz has

always done things: while it always aims for the most elegant engineering solution, the listening

test is always the ﬁ nal arbiter. It’s all to do with that simple phrase running through the heart of

everything the company does: ‘Because Music Matters’.

It starts with the disc

Whether playing SA-CD or CD, or data discs containing music, it’s vital that any player retrieves the

information as accurately as possible: unlike a computer reading a disc for ripping, there’s no time

for repeated re-scans when playing music – it happens in real time, so the disc transport needs to

get things right ﬁ rst time. Many modern CD and SACD players use computer-style DVD or ‘universal’

disc drives, simply because it’s increasingly difﬁ cult for manufacturers to source dedicated ‘music

drives’, purely designed for SACD/CD playback. The Marantz solution? If you can’t buy it off the

shelf, design it and have it made: at the heart of the SA-10 is an all-new SACD-M3 transport

mechanism, engineered solely for the best possible performance when playing SA-CDs, CDs and

music stored on data discs. Not only does this new mechanism promise the very best sound quality

from conventional CD and SA-CD discs, its extended ability with the playback of music ﬁ les stored

on DVD-ROM discs makes it possible for users to create their own high-resolution audio compilation

discs using a computer DVD burner. The SA-10 can play FLAC ﬁ les from 32kHz to 192kHz at up to

24-bit resolution, and DSD64 and DSD128, well as ALAC (Apple Lossless), AIFF and MP3 ﬁ les. That

means making and playing hi-res disc compilations is now just as simple as it’s always been to make

such discs in CD quality.

At a glance

• All-new SACD-M3 transport mechanism

for CD, SACD and more

• Playback of high-resolution audio

compilations on DVD-ROM

• USB input for hi-res audio up to PCM /

DXD 384kHz/32bit and DSD11.2MHz

• Isolation of USB and digital inputs to

remove noise from connected sources

• USB-A input for USB memory device,

external harddisc and iDevice

• Innovative upsampling to DSD and ﬁ ltering

using unique Marantz Musical Mastering –

Stream technology

• All-new custom-designed 1-bit direct

Marantz Musical Mastering – Conversion

from DSD to analogue

• High-quality analogue output stage with

Marantz HDAMs

• Generous power supply using toroidal

transformer

• Dedicated headphone ampliﬁ er with all-

discrete construction